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Jack on February 22, 2008 - 4:15am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The problem with using wood to heat homes nowadays is that most furnaces are designed for decoration and "atmosphere," not heating.

And that about half the world lives in hot climates. Try burning wood to cool a house (when the outside air is hot too).

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Squalish on February 22, 2008 - 5:04am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Waste much? You're talking about using tens of thousands of watts and greying the sky with air pollution when hundreds of watts (in fans & heatpump) would do.

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Jack on February 26, 2008 - 10:18pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I'm talking about nothing of the sort. All I said was that it is easier to heat something by burning wood than to cool something. And if you think those of us living in poor hot countriews are the ones who are wasting energy, you are nuts.

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