Meet at the Commonground Fair in Maine, Saturday at noon.

Revi · Fusion Joined: Apr 25, 2005 Posts: 3539 Location: Maine

It went well. We each discussed our ideas for local solutions. We also connected with a guy from Transition Towns. I am going to try it in our town. It was very interesting.

We had about 10 people and then John Howe spoke at 4pm.

It's a start.

We had our car there as well:

www.sunnev.com

It was really fun.
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Woodenpaddler · Coal Joined: Jul 29, 2008 Posts: 16

Sorry I didn't get to meet you folks this time, I finally made it to the fair about 4 during John's talk, but it wasn't something my kids were going to sit through. They really liked camping though, and are excited to get some chickens next spring.

Revi · Fusion Joined: Apr 25, 2005 Posts: 3539 Location: Maine

That's ok. The kids wouldn't have liked the circle at noon either. They absorbed lots of stuff that will work well. Chickens are awesome!

I was the guy with the green solar car near John Howe's talk. Did we talk?
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coastie · Coal Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 15

What were some of the local solutions/ ideas brought up? THanks

Mechler

Revi,

This is a little off topic, but it concerns your friend burning 30 cord of wood a year Confused

I've heard pretty bad things about those outdoor boilers. I've been looking into heating systems lately (I'm about to move to upstate NY, btw) and it seems that gasification wood boilers connected with a thermal storage system are MUCH more efficient. It's a little more expensive and complicated, but geez, if it saved him only 33% he could sell the other 10 cord and pay off the system in a few years. And it would probably save more than that.

You can google gasification wood boilers for more info, but I liked the ideas on the CozyHeat website.

Of course, insulating and stopping air infiltration are the first priorities.
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