Other Fuel Ideas
I’ve written in the past about the need for fuel in a Catastrophic Emergency. I mentioned solar ovens and rocket stoves, which use very little fuel and can heat a kettle of water by burning just a few twigs. But it always concerns me that, in my neighborhood, many people will all be relying on the same materials for cooking fuel. Several months ago, my husband and I visited my nephew, whose family lives in the North Georgia mountains. He has a large heating stove in his living room, situated in a corner that borders the stairway leading up to the bedrooms, that provides heat for the entire house. I realized that the location of a heating stove is critical. This location allows the heat, which always travels upwards, to make its way easily to the bedrooms upstairs, while also servicing the living room and dining room downstairs. The one disadvantage to his heater, which we discussed, is that it uses an electric blower, so it wouldn’t function if power were to be shut off. He told m...