Reply #10: We need to build a non burning society.

[HillbillyBob]

For those who cannot grasp the idea, look at it this way- We have a huge fusion furnace at the center of our solar system. More energy hits the ground every day than we can use in a thousand years.
WE Have to learn to harvest it. I use the drapes and blinds to keep the warm in at night and open in the day to to make use of heat gain.
We have to change how we live or we all die. Period.
I realise folks live in apartment buildings, those are wrongly designed.
We moved to to country, I am setting up to build solar furnace to heat the house.
If you have a house with a south facing wall. Go to Northern Tool and look at Solar sheet.
It will not provide all of your heat, but can provide a good bit of it and take quite a load off of youur fossil fuel furnace. Every bit helps.
My grand parents used coal in there house when I was a little kid and it made my asthma trigger.
It is stupid to burn coal, frankly I think we can do better and make our lives easier and less subject to sheiks in the middle east.
I realise solar power , solar water heaters, solar panels take money and planning. What the hell is wrong with us, that we can't see beyond what is happening now? Waa its too expensive , cry piss and moan.
Look at it this way solar setups cost up front, but to run them after install is practially free and no maintenance, the bill from the gas or electric company comes every month.
We believe we can live without fossil fuels or nearly so. We are going to have to or we are all going to choke on the smoke. Anyone that poopoos is too stupid to actually look beyond what they want right this minute and Do Something! We are doing something. We are currently dependent on fossil fuel and wood to heat.
We have a 10 year plan to be fossil fuel free, or very close to it.