tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post3124672108100626839..comments2023-09-28T13:28:52.243+01:00Comments on Raedwald: Wood - energy costs and pros and consRaedwaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-88859821052213218472018-10-13T14:31:03.764+01:002018-10-13T14:31:03.764+01:00Small stove in the front room of the last house, b...Small stove in the front room of the last house, burnt anything I could scavenge, handy if you have a friendly local tree chopper, or live near some woodland of dubious ownership.<br />I found it simplest to burn branches, rather than logs, if I couldnt snap it by standing on it, it wasnt worth the effort, but I only had a small stove for funDomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240964731398145995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-91329687839428249932018-10-13T07:57:37.073+01:002018-10-13T07:57:37.073+01:00My firewood is free, mostly pine but in quantity a...My firewood is free, mostly pine but in quantity and dried over the course of a hot tuscan summer produces plenty of heat.<br /><br />I save the olive wood for the barbecue although the biggest bits are good for the main fire during the coldest weeks of the year.<br /><br />Chainsaw? Check.<br /><br />Rifle? Check<br /><br />No intention of going back to sad old betrayed blighty, where you are ot allowed to get a decent pizza.<br /><br />For christs sake.Cuffleyburgersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-22763889662818303562018-10-12T20:51:31.881+01:002018-10-12T20:51:31.881+01:00I live in a forest and pay £50/year for a scavangi...<br />I live in a forest and pay £50/year for a scavanging licence that provides <b>all</b> my heating. All I need to do now is finish my micro hydro system.... Smug? You bet!Dave_Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-17679212067416772052018-10-12T15:55:44.711+01:002018-10-12T15:55:44.711+01:00So you are very green then Raedwald... I know this...So you are very green then Raedwald... I know this.<br /><br />The UK has converted Drax, the former coal fired power station to wood which it ships all the way from Canada in retired tea clippers...<br /><br />... Or maybe I have that wrong, maybe they are using heavy (crude) oil burning bulk carriers.<br /><br />But still green... Government green.<br /><br />Like the firearms, and the wood, we poor messed up immigrant infested Blighty have had everything removed and soon we will have everything else removed too.<br /><br />My motivation for leaving the EU has always been that we can then start on breaking the bureaucratic stranglehold caused by our own bunch of government thugs, through direct democracy.<br /><br />The way things look now though, the only way is out.<br /><br />(Previous comment deleted, forgot to name and shame Drax)Stephen Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628822966183977715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-79217341171692207932018-10-12T15:53:04.650+01:002018-10-12T15:53:04.650+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stephen Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628822966183977715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-31359317889412189142018-10-12T13:49:47.636+01:002018-10-12T13:49:47.636+01:00I have supplies of hornbeam, ash and beech for abo...I have supplies of hornbeam, ash and beech for about two years. Plenty of coal and smokeless nuggets too. Can't light a fire though, smoke finds its way into my neighbour's house. Spring priority is to have flue liner and cast iron stove fitted, may even get it done this autumn. I hate paying for wood, scavenging over the year provides most of what's needed, supplemented by a little coal. Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672200681678804614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-66332545122352780532018-10-12T12:30:03.431+01:002018-10-12T12:30:03.431+01:00I lost an extremely large beech and an oak here ov...I lost an extremely large beech and an oak here over summer so I reckon I have a minimum of 3-4 years on the floor to cut, spare chains, petrol and splitter do add a little cost so not exactly free but good enough.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-32958230854218143502018-10-12T12:25:28.292+01:002018-10-12T12:25:28.292+01:00Um so ein Dirndl zu tragen, braucht man schon orde...<i>Um so ein Dirndl zu tragen, braucht man schon ordentlich Holz vor der Hütte.</i><br /><br />The phrase "Logs infront of the hut" is a euphemism for 'bosom' . Not a lot of people know that. So that quote above means "inorder to wear a traditional Austrian dress (dirndl) one needs big tits"<br /><br />Whilst we're on the subject of fire wood and Austrian.jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.com