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Wood and Energy in Maine

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  • Bailey, Mark R.
  • Wheeling, Paul R.

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Telephone surveys of Maine households conducted in 1979 and 1980 indicate a transition to wood heating in response to a series of conventional energy price increases and uncertainty in conventional energy supplies. Maine households consumed 575,000 cords of wood in the winter of 1978-79; 731,000 cords were burnt during the next winter. The airtight wood stove has become the most commonly used wood-burning apparatus. Survey data of residential wood cutting, purchasing, and burning were analyzed by household tenure, wood-burning apparatus, and county. Residential use of wood for energy constitutes a new demand on the forest resource, increases local income and employment, displaces fuel oil and electricity, and may compromise household safety.

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  • Bailey, Mark R. & Wheeling, Paul R., 1982. "Wood and Energy in Maine," Staff Reports 324664, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:324664
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.324664
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    1. Scodari, Paul F. & Hardie, Ian W., . "Heating Costs And Household Wood Stove Acquisition: A Discrete Choice Demand Model," Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 14(1), pages 1-6.

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