Country Flame CF-04 - 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
the past several decades, pellets made from wood waste have been marketed and have gained wide
acceptance as a home heating alternative. In addition, there has long 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 offers the potential to 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.
NORTH AMERICA
United States and Canadian stove manufacturers have over three decades experience in 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 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. The demand for biomass burning fuel stoves is ever increasing.
COUNTRY FLAME
Country Flame has worked for over two decades in researching and developing biomass fuel burning
stove products. In 2002, Country Flame received a national award from the Hearth Industry for its
HARVESTER freestanding biomass fuel stove. Country Flame has now added the CROSSFIRE
FIREPLACE INSERT biomass fuel stove to its line of products. The CROSSFIRE gives every
homeowner the opportunity to convert their inefficient fireplace into a highly efficient heating machine.
In addition, the CROSSFIRE ensures that the homeowner can choose from an ever growing array of fuel
products to meet their home heating needs. Country Flame is dedicated to researching and developing
advanced pellet stove products capable of burning a wide variety of biomass fuel. The Crossfire Model
CF-04 was designed to burn APFI approved wood pellets or shelled corn. Switch grass pellets and other
fuel may be burned in the Crossfire but results have not been verified.
THE PURCHASE OF A COUNTRY FLAME CROSSFIRE BIOMASS FUEL STOVE IS A VOTE TO
REDUCE AMERICA’S DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. 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 our products.
LET US PUT A FLAME IN YOUR HEART
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