Wood and energy in New Hampshire. Staff report

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6632019

Bailey, M R; Wheeling, P R

Telephone surveys of New Hampshire 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. New Hampshire households consumed 394,000 cords of wood in the winter of 1978-79; 504,000 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.

• Research Organization: Economic Research Service, Washington, DC (USA). Natural Resource Economics Div.
• OSTI ID: 6632019
• Report Number(s): PB-82-256470
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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