The "new" renewable energy.

[bellisarius]

Firewood

Who didn't see that one coming?

 

[JohnnySavage]

Very common here in God's Country. A lot of people have outdoor furnaces that burn wood and/or coal

 

[bellisarius]

I ordered a big chunk of Anthracite a couple of weeks ago just for the yucks of it. Seems my 'investment' is going to pay off already.

 

[AlterErgo]

OIL is a RENEWABLE: Oil Fields Are Refilling… Naturally


http://stopthecrime.net/wp/2019/02/...ling-naturally-sometimes-rapidly-aletho-news/

 

[CuttingEdge]

The greatest return on investment for any homeowner is to install a woodstove in their home.

The cost to install one, versus that of what it saves a homeowner is absolutely staggering, and gets better with each year it is in place.

Heat, cook, and destress...the benefits are numerous, and the cost is extremely cheap.

 

[CornusKousa]

The greatest return on investment for any homeowner is to install a woodstove in their home.

The cost to install one, versus that of what it saves a homeowner is absolutely staggering, and gets better with each year it is in place.

Heat, cook, and destress...the benefits are numerous, and the cost is extremely cheap.

I disagree....especially if you have long cold winters like where I live.

Geo-thermal = D-shiznit.

But if you didn't wanted a little easier/more affordable option, the stick burner is nice.

 

[JohnnySavage]

When I left home (on my 17th birthday), I swore I'd never cut another stick of firewood. 41 years and that promise is still in effect.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

I've heard that wood for construction purposes is very expensive. Doesn't that apply to firewood?

 

[JohnnySavage]

I've heard that wood for construction purposes is very expensive. Doesn't that apply to firewood?

No, the mountains are covered in the stuff.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

No, the mountains are covered in the stuff.

Sarcasm?

 

[CuttingEdge]

I disagree....especially if you have long cold winters like where I live.

Geo-thermal = D-shiznit.

But if you didn't wanted a little easier/more affordable option, the stick burner is nice.

I heat with a lot of different methods. Wood, coal, electricity, diesel and geo thermal as well. It really all depends on the time of year, and other factors on what I use for heat. I have an indoor pool, and while great, because they do not get sunlight because they are inside, they have to be heated. That takes consideration.

I live in the middle of nowhere so the diesel engine on my generator can be used for heat if I want it too, it being plumbed into my radiant floor heating system. But it costs me the same to make 2 KWs or 40 kw's, so I use space heaters too when it gets really cold, and power my home via my generator and not the grid.

At the end of the heating season, I might have used 5 different types of fuel.

 

[CuttingEdge]

Sarcasm?

Trees to make lumber have to be big and of saw log quality, which is not the case with firewood. Anything can be cut and burned, so the price is very cheap.

Here it is about $170 cut, split, and delivered per cord (4 ft by 4 ft, by 8 ft). That is equal to about 100 gallons of heating oil, or 150 gallons of propane, or a ton of wood pellets.

 

[JohnnySavage]

$170 a cord? I need to get into the firewood business.


I don't know anyone that buys firewood. I see ads on the FB occasionally for it at $50 a cord or so. But most people just go out in the woods and cut their own.

 

[pecksniff]

I've heard that wood for construction purposes is very expensive. Doesn't that apply to firewood?

I suppose construction wood has to meet certain standards. Anything that burns can be firewood.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I ordered a big chunk of Anthracite a couple of weeks ago just for the yucks of it. Seems my 'investment' is going to pay off already.

Burining anthracite coal gives an acrid sour smell. A perfect accouterment for your holiday hearth. One added benefit: it'll mask the smell of cat piss at Casa Boxwine.

 

[pecksniff]

I ordered a big chunk of Anthracite a couple of weeks ago just for the yucks of it. Seems my 'investment' is going to pay off already.

They sell coal by mail, by the individual lump, now?

 

[CornusKousa]

I heat with a lot of different methods. Wood, coal, electricity, diesel and geo thermal as well. It really all depends on the time of year, and other factors on what I use for heat. I have an indoor pool, and while great, because they do not get sunlight because they are inside, they have to be heated. That takes consideration.

I live in the middle of nowhere so the diesel engine on my generator can be used for heat if I want it too, it being plumbed into my radiant floor heating system. But it costs me the same to make 2 KWs or 40 kw's, so I use space heaters too when it gets really cold, and power my home via my generator and not the grid.

At the end of the heating season, I might have used 5 different types of fuel.

Gotta do what ya gotta do.