Comments on: The Daily Five: Monday, 16 June, 2008 http://ecotechdaily.com/2008/06/16/the-daily-five-monday-16-june-2008/ Green Tech, Gadgets & News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:45:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: chrisbaskind http://ecotechdaily.com/2008/06/16/the-daily-five-monday-16-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 chrisbaskind Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:42:36 +0000 http://ecotechdaily.com/?p=383#comment-1845 I'm impressed by mass heater technology. We'll dig deeper into the topic soon. Thanks for the great info. I'm impressed by mass heater technology. We'll dig deeper into the topic soon. Thanks for the great info.

]]> By: chrisbaskind http://ecotechdaily.com/2008/06/16/the-daily-five-monday-16-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 chrisbaskind Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:42:36 +0000 http://ecotechdaily.com/?p=383#comment-1413 I'm impressed by mass heater technology. We'll dig deeper into the topic soon. Thanks for the great info. I'm impressed by mass heater technology. We'll dig deeper into the topic soon. Thanks for the great info.

]]> By: Jeff Tunnell http://ecotechdaily.com/2008/06/16/the-daily-five-monday-16-june-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 Jeff Tunnell Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:39:13 +0000 http://ecotechdaily.com/?p=383#comment-1412 Mass heaters are fairly carbon neutral because the fuel is grown from trees before it is used. According to the Spring, 2008 issue of Permaculture Magazine, a 1,300 foot hedgerow of trees cut in a four year rotation will provide a family fuel in perpetuity. So, the fuel is building up a nice carbon offset before it is used. These are the reasons my wife and I chose to install a Tulikivi mass heater in our home as a cornerstone of our eventual goal of getting our house off the grid.<br><br>P.S. Ignore my first post where I could not figure out how to log in to Disqus. Mass heaters are fairly carbon neutral because the fuel is grown from trees before it is used. According to the Spring, 2008 issue of Permaculture Magazine, a 1,300 foot hedgerow of trees cut in a four year rotation will provide a family fuel in perpetuity. So, the fuel is building up a nice carbon offset before it is used. These are the reasons my wife and I chose to install a Tulikivi mass heater in our home as a cornerstone of our eventual goal of getting our house off the grid.

P.S. Ignore my first post where I could not figure out how to log in to Disqus.

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