permaculture

[Nanette Echols <nanettechols@visi.com>]

I'm curious that wood burning is still acceptable considering the carbon 
dioxide and global warming issues of today. Does anyone have any thoughts?

Clint Popetz wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 09:17:49PM +0200, mitshell wrote:
>  
>
> > Is anybody aware of wood burning stoves/heaters that can be loaded
> > with wood once every 24 hours or something there about as opposed to
> > the regular fireplaces that need to have wood added every few hours
> > ?
> >    
>
> 24 hours is a bit out of reach, I think.  If you know what you are
> doing (and I won't claim to, having heated my house with wood for only
> two years) you can go to bed and not have to get up in the middle of
> the night to feed the beast.
>
> I feed mine about three times a day in the coldest (-10 F) weather.
> You have to get used to sleeping/waking chilly, which I now really
> enjoy.
>
> It's not so much the type of stove I think, but how dry your wood is,
> how good the species is, how thick it is, and how much thermal mass an
> insulation you have in your house.
>
>                         -Clint
>
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