Jim Dunmyer wrote in a message to Alec Cameron:
 JD> We have a woodstove in our house, and we heated with it 100% 
 JD> for 2 winters. Shut the pilot off in the furnace so we couldn't 
 JD> cheat. My 'cyberbarn' is heated with a stove to this day. 
 JD> This gives one an appreciation for natural gas! You are a slave 
 JD> to the stove, during the heating season, and before. (you gotta 
 JD> make the wood supply ahead of time!) You quickly find out how 
 JD> much more wood you have to carry and burn to keep the place at 
 JD> 72 degrees instead of 68!
I was going through some old magazines a while back,  and ran across an 
article by Steve Ciarcia in an old Byte,  where he described a 
computer-controlled woodstove.  Interesting stuff!  This thing ran full-blast 
when it ran,  even "dumping" excess heat,  and put most of its output into a 
circulating hot water system,  which then was coupled to radiators that had 
circulating air running through them with fans...
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