Heat from corn stoves is a popular alternative this winter

From the Quad City Times - Alternative fuels looking brighter

While many homeowners feel anxious about what their heating bills will be this winter, Earl Beasley of Taylor Ridge, Ill., feels at ease. Four years ago, he bought a stove that burns corn — not the cobs, but the kernels themselves — to heat his two-story, 3,000-square-foot house. Beasley figures he spends about $2 a day, or about what he pays for a bushel of corn.