I once used a wood pellet…

I once used a wood pellet stove for additional heat to cut back on the use of oil for heat. At one time all the pellets where I live were made from sawdust from the small lumber mills in the province I live in. Trees were not cut down for pellets, but for lumber for building. But issues with the dust and ash from the pellet stove gave me problems with allergies and my lungs. So, after working and saving money for a couple of years I was able to replace the wood pellet stove with a heat pump for both heat and cooling. The filters in the equipment helped with my allergies, along with a small hepa filter for my home. Heat pumps, though expensive up front, are much more efficient when it comes to using electricity. I saved a lot of money on my oil bills too. Please consider not reducing biomass to make wood pellets. There must be mills with sawdust that could be used rather than cutting trees in the very, very, important Boreal Forest. The Boreal is home to many many bird species and other wildlife and is a huge carbon sink which should really not be reduced any further than it already is. It is one of the most important areas for reducing green house gases, so should be preserved at all costs.

Thank you for considering my comments, and I also ask that you consider other alternatives.