if you have the property, and you rely on wood for "stuff", you replant the trees. i have some basic data in my woodlore books, but suffice to say that one can fairly readily compute usage to acreage and replanting schedules, adjustments may have to be made, but a definite cycle can be accomplished.
one adjustment of course is downsizing the living areas if required, or adjusting what you feel is a comfortable level of heat, wear more clothes, insulate more; large old houses don't tend to be cheap to heat regardless of the methods - ditching a given building isn't out of line either - one day it may come to that. also the method of heating.
i have friends that live up north, they use an external (ie outside) water jacketed furnace. it's VERY efficient. the furnace provides all kinds of hot water for all kinds of uses, the least of which is heating. stoke it every few days. nice stuff. also clean, as there is no burning inside the dwelling.
gas/oil requires no effort but money really. wood and other methods are more labor intensive, but keep your warmer in other ways too :)
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Date: 2006-10-17 06:14 pm (UTC)one adjustment of course is downsizing the living areas if required, or adjusting what you feel is a comfortable level of heat, wear more clothes, insulate more; large old houses don't tend to be cheap to heat regardless of the methods - ditching a given building isn't out of line either - one day it may come to that. also the method of heating.
i have friends that live up north, they use an external (ie outside) water jacketed furnace. it's VERY efficient. the furnace provides all kinds of hot water for all kinds of uses, the least of which is heating. stoke it every few days. nice stuff. also clean, as there is no burning inside the dwelling.
gas/oil requires no effort but money really. wood and other methods are more labor intensive, but keep your warmer in other ways too :)
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