“theft fears”
Not to attack preppers, because I’m one also, but people should keep in mind that when they grow food, and then ‘it’ happens, there may have to defend their crops...and so, in addition to trying ride ‘it’ out, you’ll also need some type of 24/7 security.
They will be burning their own homes to stay warm before this is over.
Bull market for chainsaws...if they can afford the gas to run ‘em.
Well, that's helpful. Can't even pick up old fallen wood. There's a bureaucrat somewhere in a nice heated office smiling over their powers over the people.
A guy I knew told me that he suspected that his neighbor was stealing firewood from him. The neighbor denied it.
The guy said he drilled a 3/4” hole in a piece of wood and stuff a 12 gauge shotgun shell in it, then used wood filler to plug the hole. He then put the piece in his woodpile.
While the neighbor never admitted anything, his wood stove was in the trash a week or so later
It will be a long cold winter in much of Europe…
I think we have a couple FReepers who live in those countries.
Europeans can use Greta Thunbergs new book for heat.
That Greta Thunberg should be put in the corner and sent to bed without her dinner. Or, bitchslapped until she can’t see the ER Triage team. I can’t decide which.
Maybe they can get some firewood from Ukraine?
in the capital of Moldova
s/b
in the capital of Russian-occupied Moldova
For anyone who needs it, here is an article on rocket mass heaters: https://insteading.com/blog/rocket-mass-heaters/
The photos show heaters that are fancier than most of the ones I’ve seen, but the basic idea is the same. Use small-diameter fuel such as twigs, and run the smoke through in a way that captures most of the heat and radiates it to you slowly. That allows you to heat the same space with less fuel, and allows you to gather firewood with pruning shears instead of a chainsaw.
I’ve seen some that were basically a large wooden box built around a horizontal chimney, and then the box was filled with pea gravel.
Also, if firewood is hard to come by, there are alternatives. Dry corn cobs make decent firewood. The disks of a sunflower burn like charcoal briquettes. I’m sure there are others, I’m still experimenting.
Moldova is known to have short pleasant winters. ......climate of Moldova is moderately continental, characterized by relatively ‘mild winters’ with little snow....The coldest month of the year in Moldova is January, with an average low of 24°F and high of 34°F....the most snow in Moldova is January, with an average snowfall of 4.5 inches.