American Energy Systems Harvester - Manual (Page 8)

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INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
Global concerns about climate change, along with rising world oil prices, are creating unprecedented
interest in the development of economical and convenient renewable energy fuel burning products. For
decades there has been a “grass roots” effort to utilize biomass feedstock as a viable heating fuel. Use of
agricultural products such as corn, switch grass, and other annual crops can abate greenhouse gas
emissions by increasing carbon storage in the surrounding landscape while displacing fossil fuel use in
combustion heating products. Agricultural based pellet fuel is capable of sustained high volume
throughput rates that use less energy to produce when compared to the present wood industry. Long term,
biomass pellet fuel will become a key part of the global community’s effort to reduce if not reverse the
greenhouse effect. This is especially true when emerging third world countries, their growth rates, and
their demand for energy is factored into the greenhouse equation.
AMERICA
United States and Canadian stove manufacturers are approaching three decades of providing wood pellet
fuel and wood pellet burning products to the hearth industry market. The maturity of this market has
ensured a continuous supply of both pellet fuels and pellet appliances while world fossil fuel issues have
ensured an ever increasing market demand for more of these products.
These same American and Canadian manufacturers continue to innovate and improve wood pellet
products with each passing year. At the same time, an ever increasing demand for the wood fuel puts
pressure on both sustaining the volume and the quality of fuel raw materials needed to meet the needs of
the fuel market. Transportation costs associated with moving the raw materials to the pellet mill
significantly impact the local and regional availability of pellet fuel. Research has proved that there are
many agricultural based crops and crop byproducts that can be utilized to fuel biomass heating stove
products to meet this ever growing market demand. Demand for biomass burning fuel stoves will grow in
the coming years.
COUNTRY FLAME
Country Flame has worked for at least two decades in researching and developing pellet fuel burning
stove products. Today, Country Flame offers both freestanding and fireplace-insert model pellet fuel
stoves. Country Flame has a dedicated research effort underway to produce advanced pellet stove
products capable of burning a wide variety of biomass fuel. In 2002, Country Flame was selected for
national recognition for the design and development of its Harvester HR-01 biomass burning fuel stove
by the Hearth Industry Association.
The Harvester HR-01 was designed to burn shelled corn and biomass pellet fuel (switchgrass.) At the
same time, Country Flame customers claim to have test burnt a wide variety of agricultural products that
are available in different locales around the United States.
THE PURCHASE OF A COUNTRY FLAME HARVESTER BIOMASS FUEL STOVE IS A VOTE TO
REDUCE AMERICA’S DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. THE USE OF A COUNTRY FLAME
HARVESTER BIOMASS FUEL STOVE WILL AID IN CURBING THE GREENHOUSE GAS
PROBLEM OUR WORLD IS FACING. Country Flame is very proud of this American born, American
tested, and American made product. With pride and dedication, Country Flame employees wish you and
your family a lifetime of happiness and warmth through the use of this product.