permaculture

[John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net>]

Aloha,

> pellet stoves are one way long term

Pellet stoves require electricity to run the pellet delivery system and 
blower however.
The pellets are a manufactured 'side product' of the 'wood products' 
industry so are subject to the ups and downs of that biz.  So far 
they're a surplus being put to use instead of 'wasted'.

In making a solution out of the problem - there's no need for the pellet 
delivery system to use electricity.
A spring powered system (e.g. hand wound, like the FreePlay radios etc.) 
is completely possible, for example, and I reckon it could be designed 
to not need very frequent winding... :-)
Or a gravity powered system, like cuckoo clocks and similar.

It's still a lot more moving parts and fabrication than a regular wood 
stove or masonry/mass heater though.

I wonder what the comparative efficiencies are...

cheers,
John S.


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