204 comments on Wood Stoves - Viable Home Heating Source?
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Centralised district heating utilising your fuel of choice.
That covers the city dwellers, what are the farmers and ranchers to do?
Especially considering that if fuel becomes more expensive than people we will have more of them.
Heat pumps (with or without solar support), backup wood or pellets stoves or backup electric resistance heaters. Or a combination thereof.
And there you go, not for everyone but a valuable component of a total energy solution in appropriate areas.
Indeed.
Given the density,or lack thereof more properly speaking,of most residential construction in the US it does not seem likely that steam lines can be laid from central heating plants.Really good stoves or heat pumps run by biomass generated electricity are probably more affordable and practical.Possibly more energy efficient as well?
The pipes do not carry steam but rather water at about 90 degrees Celsius, and if you can afford natgas pipes you can afford district heating. For example, we use district heating in our less dense suburban areas. The only place where they don't work economically is the countryside.