God works in mysterious ways...
maybe some people saw the light and will think differently about renewable energy...
I live in southern NH.
When I bought this house nine years ago I seriously considered putting in a large soapstone/cast iron wood stove. I have about 10 acres of mixed hardwood forest to cut from.
I had a Jotul wood stove in my previous house. Instead, I installed a Harman pellet stove insert in the masonry fireplace in the family room of this house. It was not cheap. It was about $5500 installed with a SS pipe going up the existing chimney. I am so glad I did now after running it for 8 winters. I can burn any kind of cheap wood pellet you can buy. It heats most of my house and uses about one 40# bag/day.
I clean it once a week. Takes about a half hour or so.
The pellets I buy come from mills right here in New England.
I still have a forced hot water boiler furnace in the basement. If the price of oil goes down. I burn more oil.
If the price of oil goes up, I burn more pellets.