Griff, That's really nice. Do you have any traditional heat source (e.g. gas or oil) for times when you might be out of town for a week or two?

HLJ- It isn't really necessary, but we can run the pellet stove for a couple days just on whats in the hopper. The house is tight and passive solar, in the winter the sun is low enough in the sky to reach deep into the house and keep it warm enough. We close off the intake and the chimney cap, keeping the heat in. When we close all the fresh air vents the house holds heat very well and evenly. Between the radiant nature of the heat and the low airflow preventing convection we have no problem with heat rising. It can take a couple burns to get the house back up to temp but the pellet stove can help.

That's great. I want a house like that.

Can't one of your minions stoke the fire, Griff?

HLJ- Run up to the Shelter Institute in Maine building your own digs is muy satisfying. I have no morgage.

Brucster- I do have minions to do my bidding locally. My on-line minions are not appropriately pre-positioned, however.

You damn commie, if you don't have a mortgage the terrorists win.






I don't either.

We could save a lot of energy if we lived like they do in Hong Kong.

Bruce, where do they keep their goats?

The goats commute.

I have spent time in HK, before the handover, goats? they eat them. Tastes just like chicken, only more chewy.