Hi Bob,

Bob Ackley wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

 BA>> Dunno what I'm going to do next winter.

 RW> Lots of folks I know around the midwest have bought those corn burning
 RW> stoves and are really sold on them. A ham from the Kansas CIty Mo.
 RW> area I know has one and is quite impressed.  SAys just a scoop of
 RW> corn will heat his place all day.

BA> A scoop?  I'm told that a bushel of corn (56 lbs) will heat a house
BA> for about 24 hours, but not a scoop.  Note that right now that's
BA> about $6, times 120 days is $720.  And that price is going up, too.

Figured he was exagerating just a bit there .

BA> The way to go is an underground house; no drafts, with good
BA> insulation and at least five feet of dirt on top the heating and
BA> cooling costs are nil. 

I've always thought so too.  Had I the land that's the way I'd go.


Regards,
           Richard
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