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- Look at supplemental wood stoves that can heat your whole house. While not exactly, "green", they do save lots of money on heating bills. They work very well at night...you can bank enough wood for the night.
A friend of mine gets his wood for free by hitting construction sites, Craigslist, etc. Have Stihl will travel...his heating bill, sans cost of his modern stove, gas for his truck and his time, less than $20 scooters a month. He gets most of his wood local.

- Basements are incredibly efficient spaces for energy consumption. Make sure if you build and include a basement you can channel water without power. Ask me how I know.
I'm good with a wood burning stove. I was raised on wood heat, and am perfectly comfortable saving heating money doing it again.


What do you mean "channel water without power?" And what other efficiencies can I gain by applying some forethought to the basement?

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Dan
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