Have you considered natural gas?
No I haven't. We currently have a very cheap source of wood.
Efficient use, of course; I'm aware that underground gas is a sink. But decaying wood releases less carbon into the atmosphere than combusting wood.
Now I want to run numbers.
Let me know what you find, just consider the carbon involved for every part of the process, including storage and transportation, as well as extraction.
Right now we use the wood that is the byproduct if my father's business, as well as the standing and newly fallen dead in the 115 acres that surrounds my house. It's about as local as fuel can get. Also, they are coming out with filters for the stacks of wood boilers to reduce pollution.
Edit: we also heat two homes with this system. I will note that we use about 1 cord more per year of wood with the outside boiler than if we put the wood in stoves inside. That's also with the older, less efficient woodstoves. Many use catalysts now.
*MySmiley*
I believe all news and research that supports my opinion, and dismiss the rest as conspiracy and lies.
I believe all news and research that supports my opinion, and dismiss the rest as conspiracy and lies.
This message last edited by Avendesora on 19/11/2010 at 02:16:16 AM
What is your typical heating bill?
- 18/11/2010 04:09:25 PM
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Is this the kind of thing where prices differ across states?
- 18/11/2010 04:13:44 PM
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Very much, unfortunately.
- 18/11/2010 04:53:00 PM
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I'm not talking about overall bill.
- 18/11/2010 05:52:07 PM
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That tends to vary as well, I believe; supply and demand and all that.
- 18/11/2010 09:42:41 PM
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I heat with wood, so I can't help you. *NM*
- 18/11/2010 04:21:58 PM
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I miss a logfire so very much. It's the most comfortable heat. <3 *NM*
- 18/11/2010 04:23:57 PM
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Well...
- 18/11/2010 04:28:34 PM
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That seems really carbon-intensive, actually.
- 19/11/2010 12:48:31 AM
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Creating heat is a big deal. 
- 19/11/2010 02:11:40 AM
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- 19/11/2010 02:11:40 AM
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Yeah, it's interesting. I'm going to try to find something out about that.
- 19/11/2010 02:49:54 AM
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I got it. I know, delayed reaction.
Numbers
- 18/11/2010 05:01:57 PM
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That's very helpful.
- 18/11/2010 06:27:59 PM
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I live in South Texas 
*NM*
- 18/11/2010 05:12:13 PM
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*NM*
- 18/11/2010 05:12:13 PM
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Yeah, we south Texans swap high winter bills for high summer bills! *NM*
- 18/11/2010 06:02:26 PM
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*NM*
- 18/11/2010 06:02:26 PM
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not very high, but I don't use much heating until I NEED it.
- 18/11/2010 05:43:29 PM
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Ugh, I try not to think about it. Electric storage heaters are a very expensive way to heat a house.
- 18/11/2010 09:19:39 PM
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we just use the ac less in winter. But the ac bill in summer is about $ 350 *NM*
- 18/11/2010 09:57:57 PM
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mine is usually 150-220 int he winter in CT, i like to be really warm im from TX *NM*
- 19/11/2010 03:59:46 AM
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