When I look at my stacks, I see rows of a tangible asset in the form of batteries that will only increase in cost proportionate to inflation, rising energy costs, etc. In other words, wood heat good.
The amount I’ve saved over the last 30 years is more than enough to pay for any wood cutting toys I have. I don’t even know how much it would cost to heat my house with oil. I’ve never tried. I’ve burned about six tanks in 30 years mostly just to clean the cobwebs out of the system.
We used to burn oil, at a rate of about a thousand gallons/yr. We put a new gasser in, (with piles of wood all over the property) and installed the wood stove a few weeks later. We've never used the gasser to heat for the winter but for about 6 weeks between it going in and the wood stove getting started for the first time. I also have no wish to know what it would cost to run it (and its needed electricity sodomy) for a heating season. Especially with rising fuel costs presently. There's a subconscious warning about turning up the thermostat, bus only joy when tossing another log on the fire . . . Sca
I agree but here wood is brought inside to get snow and ice off of it BEFORE burning. Even covered and protected it gets snow covered
thankfully, the wood is cold enough to shed snow here with a little tap. It doesn't get wet for the most part. We do bring in about 24 hours' supply at a time though, enough time to thaw and dry if needed. I do wonder if there is a way to track pyrolization of cold vs warmer wood. Sca
