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"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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>> This idea came as we were thinking of option to heat our home or small
>> room in case of long power outages in the winter.
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> If you are only looking for emergency heat, then the fuel you choose is
> not that important. Specifically, there is no reason to do things the
> hard way just so you can use your wood. You could get by with a portable
> kerosene heater (Kerosene or equiv), or an appropriately-sized propane
> space heater.
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> Vaughn
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I ran into a little old lady in a small town country grocery store the other
day. She was so sweet and we struck up a conversation. Come to find out she
was a life-long resident, the oldest member of the community at her church.
The folks, they had begun turning to her for all the old stories about the
people who had passed away and what it was like to live in the town all
those years. She had done voluntary work at the local museum for years. She
remarked that she lived north of town in a small house, heated with a wood
stove. She didn't have, nor seem to need A/C. I asked if she lived under a
nice grove of trees for the shade, since I know it gets hot around here, but
she remarked, oh now, I live on the prairie. She was, I'd guess about 75 or
older, content and seemed as happy as she could be. She said her husband had
passed away about 15 years earlier and she had just stayed on in their home,
so she was now alone. She seemed not to need one more thing.

I hope to remain as independent and self-sufficient as possibly with the
materials at hand, and, of course, find contentment. I vote for solar and
wind power and, big wood fires!

Dezignare