To forget could mean wiping out the memory. Heating with corn For all of these grievances, big and small, there is apparently no ready answer. A corn stove does not burn stalks or left-over cobs. It burns kernels, less than a handful at a time. No, the corn doesn t snap, crackle, or pop.
Corn contains oil and ethanol, which burn cleaner than other fuels, and more cheaply, too.
Once you learn how valuable this reasonably priced source of fuel is, you have to wonder why someone in the government has not caught on to the idea of using corn for more of America s energy needs. The most famous demonstration of the stove was in the Oval Office, installed during the administration of President Jimmy Carter. Even that, as grand a promotion as one could ask for, was evidently not enough to create a rush of orders nationally. Here in New England where people are likely to mistrust ideas that come from away, the corn stove might look to some like a southerner s gimmick to use up waste corn. Northerners might also think that any stove used in the South will not really do the job in their cold climate.