I guess Al Gore needs to advise them that with GLOBAL WARMING, there is no need for all this heat stuff. Invest in thin cotton cloths for February!
we heat almost exclusively with a wood stove with natural gas as a backup....the wood stove is in the basement....but, I do want a small insert for the main floor....I am thinking a Quadri-fire....
One acre of cedar, 4 acres of pine and 2 acres of oak.
I also live in the pine barrens and the forest service is always keen on getting rid of the dead wood. You can get a permit to go and pick it up.
Hmmmm...and what happens to pellet stoves when the electric grid goes down? Didn’t the power stay off for a month back during the ice storm of 1998? I’d go with a wood stove, personally.
Great picture - whoever created that woodpile is an artist.
Must be those pesky speculators trading in cordwood futures. Or maybe it's that the dollar's value has declined so much compared to elf-gold.
Glad I got my supply for this year and the next. BTW, cool picture.
That is a beautiful woodpile, very artistic.
IIRC, that point was reached when the average American family was paying roughly 7% of its income for fuel.
This story proves that economic factors don't only include supply and demand for the fuel a family normally uses. Politicians and the MSM are blind to the other factors: adaption, innovation and behavior modification. When they are seen, it is only for policies and causes the Left/MSM favors. (for example, gasoline usage has dropped a few percent in response to higher prices. This is of little interest to the Left/MSM.)
Some people have way to much time on their hands. Iam lucky to get my woood stacked in regular ricks.
Course this is the most inefficient form of heat. Thank you Congress for stopping Natural Gas, Nucular and Coal fired. With the slowdown of the lumber/housing market look for pellets to follow oil.
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It is going to be very cold this season for many, many families. I wonder how many freepers are going to jump on them for living outside their means? Type II has become VERY expensive in recent months. I’m trying to stock up now; but I simply don’t have the disposable to bring the price down any and am stuck buying 100/200 gallons at a time..When the dead of winter hits, I will be burning five gallons a day. Depending, on the average when I eventually get filled up, I could be looking at thirty dollars a day to keep my house warm (read warm enough that we won’t require coats, just sweatshirts..).
How can the stoves be sold out, honestly? That’s like three years straight. The stove makers have to know that these things are going to sell. I mean, how stupid are these companies? I don’t buy it.