I won't hold my breath for snow, but I have the heat on right now as it is 39 degrees...lol
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Damn, it's cold
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Burning *anything* is carbon neutral in the long run (for sufficiently large values of "long").
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Whale oil is a renewable resource.
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Burning wood in fireplaces is not allowed inside the city limits of Rochester.
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Wow, that sounds miserable. 38F? You have my compassion. What will you ever do!
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Unless I missed it, he never explained why his neighborhood was so disabled? Just because of low temps? Don't they have heat in their schools?
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Please show me an online citation for this assertion of yours. I have never heard of such a thing, and many people use their fireplaces in the city of Rochester.
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on 12/17/2007 8:02 AM JoeSpareBedroom said the following:
Awful lot of homes and apartments for sale or rent in Rochester, NY advertising fireplaces. Google - fireplace rochester ny
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Soo.... *all* fireplaces burn wood, you're saying?
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Only seriously questioning that _all_ burn something *other than* wood, actually...
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ya i bet a good load of green hedge would plug that yuppified thing up in a hour.
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dpb wrote: ...
That being "groves", of course -- clearly the flatland wheat farmer doesn't know diddley about citrus... :)
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APPARENTLY, they think 38 is cold or something.
12 here as i type. might have to get the coat out of storage. s
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The response I was looking for was "How cold was it?"
I miss Johnny Carson.
--jack
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I guess that presupposes anyone would be dumb enough to burn anything green in a woodstove regardless of its kind. Be that as it may, a non-catalytic would be the better performer; well, at least up to the point the chimney catches on fire. ;-)
Cheers, Paul
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Yep. A lot of construction, air flow, low pollution, etc regulations have to met to even sell a stove now-a-days. I don't think you can even produce a non-compliant stove for the market any more.
The 'compliant' sstoves are far more efficient and produce way less pollutants than the old "Iron box with a hole" types.
Of course the 'efficiency' and 'pollutant' bits rely on them being operated correctly.
Harry K
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Okay, you provide it and I will use it to for my next tank fill. There is practical and then there is pie in the sky.
When it comes to heating, it is a necessary evil and must be done somehow. Currently there are no 'clean' methods that are economically viable. Someone will spring up now with "solar" ignoring the "economically viable" bit. When someone can show me where an entry level house can be totally solar at a reasonable cost...
Harry K
Harry K
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Nope. But not many specifically say gas or electric fireplace. I searched 9 pages under that google search and there was no mention of any law banning wood burning fireplaces. I googled on 'wood burning fireplace rochester ny' and there are houses for sale featuring wood burning fireplaces. Still no reference to a ban on wood burning fireplaces. I suppose Joe will provide a cite.
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I can't. It's against the law.
Do the math. About 745 watts per sq meter falls on the earth's surface. On the equator. At noon. With no clouds. The only way to increase this number is to move the orbit of the earth closer to the sun.
Assuming 70% efficiency for solar collectors, and adjusting for latitude and
40% cloud cover, it would take a collector farm the size of the Los Angeles basin (~1200 sq miles) to provide power for California (~50GW).Overlooking the cost to build and maintain 1200 sq miles of collectors, the people of Los Angeles would have to fight in the shade.
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That's the information I got from two realtors back in 1982, when I was shopping for my first house. I said "fireplace", they said "not in the city limits". It was confirmed by the guy who inspected and cleaned our fireplace, who said "Two blocks west and you'd be in the city. No fireplace use allowed". Maybe it changed.
I don't have time to check, but you can, if you like:
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