Roasting corn.Sales of corn-burning stoves are heating up as Iowans look for ways to escape soaring fuel costs this winter. In that state, corn-burning stoves and furnaces are so hot they may be hard to find. The price of corn, meanwhile, has dropped because of record harvests and export disruptions caused by the hurricanes. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. dealers, someone paying $400 a month for liquid propane or natural gas can get the same amount of heat from a corn-burning stove for around $138 per month. And unlike fossil fuels, corn breaks down into carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. rather than carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; . It also doesn't create flammable creosote creosote (krē`əsōt), volatile, heavy, oily liquid obtained by the distillation of coal tar or wood tar. Creosote derived from beechwood tar has been used medicinally as an antiseptic and in the treatment of chronic bronchitis. deposits in chimneys or vent pipes. Don't try using popcorn, however. |
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