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Peak Oil: Pellet Stove
Pellet stoves or pellet furnaces are a great alternative to using home heating oil. When the price of home heating oil rises, it’s ideal to have another method to heat your home. Using solar thermal collectors is also ideal if you heat your home with hot water going through the radiators or flooring.
4 Comments on "Peak Oil: Pellet Stove"
Mike999 on Tue, 29th Mar 2011 6:59 am
The only problem is that pellet stoves need electricity to run the screw drive. As batteries improve, and you can get a 1 week charge for the stove, then it is viable.
In my area we get power failures more then once a year, so a wood stove that does not require electricity would be ideal.
But, there are double pane vacuum windows that rate R16, that would be a better investment, if you could Buy Them!
John Weber on Tue, 29th Mar 2011 5:44 pm
It takes energy to make pellets and transport plus the noted electricity in the comment above. Solar thermal is not green, “renewable” or sustainable. Peak Oil, Pellet Stoves is an advertisement?
See with pictures:
http://sunweber.blogspot.com/2011/01/energy-in-real-world.html
Rick on Wed, 30th Mar 2011 4:46 am
It still produces CO2, plus there’s external costs.
Matt Simmonds on Wed, 30th Mar 2011 5:38 pm
Use a shovel !