As prices for heating oil and gas go up customers are looking for alternative heating options—such as the old-fashioned wood stoves—according to Carol Turner, co-founder of the nearly four-decade-old Chimney Sweep Energy store in Orange County, New York.
Sales for wood and pellet stoves have both increased compared to last year, with total store sales up by at least a quarter, she told The Epoch Times on Nov. 4.
Turner’s daughter and salesperson Ruth Loria said the growth had to do with recent world events, such as the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which greatly disrupted the energy market….