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Facing Winter Heating & Energy Challenges, "Talk of the Towns" WERU 89.9 FM, Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives. Produced and hosted by Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

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Home Heating Alternatives

Heating and Cooling Tips

Comparing Values of Various Heating Fuels

Wood heating (stick, pellet, outdoor furnace, etc.)

Corn and other potential grow your own energy sources

Burning Shelled Corn as Fuel by Penn State University

Solar (heating: passive and active)

Kerosene

Unvented Portable Kerosene Heaters by UMaine Extension

Geothermal (transferring heat stored in the earth)

Heat Pump Systems by the US Department of Energy
Geothermal Technologies Program: Geothermal Heat Pumps by the US Department of Energy

Space Heaters

What You Should Know About Space Heaters Used for Supplemental Room Heating by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Emergency

Staying Warm in an Unheated Home by UMaine Extension

Visit the Office of the Governor's Energy site (maine.gov) for a copy of "Do It Yourself Energy Saving Guide."

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