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[Genetk44]

The chimney reeked right enough. But we could rely on being warm.

There was less reek with coke than coal.

Voices in the Coalshed: Coke - National Coal Mining Museum

Do you know what coke is? Coke is a fuel made by heating coal without access to oxygen, but do you know what the process 'coking' is?

www.ncm.org.uk

And there would be still less reek in a modern high efficiency stove like those used with wood, when suitably engineered for the higher temperatures.

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I loved the smell of burning peat in the morning.

 

[Kirkhill]

I loved the smell of burning peat in the morning.

Guid Ayrshire anthracite.

 

[PrairieFella]

Like images of people stocking up on snow shovels whenever a big storm is forecast, or water, a/c and fuel when a hurricane is predicted. I'm not sure how some people who live in a hurricane or tornado alley seem to be taken by surprise every year.


I didn't know coal exhaust was all that clean, and oil tanks don't rust unless there is water in the oil.

I don't know about cost comparability but we currently store a large quantity - certainly more than two weeks worth in the winter - of energy in the form of propane.

Coal is stupid objectively. Its dirty, full of contaminants like mercury and arsenic and very energy inefficient. Its also expensive per KWh. If you want a back up get a genny or a modern battery system. Far more efficient. Coal should be relegated to the history books at this rate.

 

[Halifax Tar]

I was one of CanadaCom liaison watch officers to US NORTHCOM during Katrina and Rita. New Orleans was just tipping into collapse the night before the US military rolled in en masse. There were a lot of questions as to why they didn’t go in piecemeal as they arrived.

I was in Biloxi Mississippi for the Katrina clean up on VDQ.