Alternative Power sources - Heat Pumps...was Re: Thinking of buying a pellet stove

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Heat Pumps...was Re: Thinking of buying a pellet stove

Leonardo

2008-03-28, 9:25 am

Paul M. Eldridge wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:28:11 -0500, "GeekBoy" <abuse@zedz.net> wrote:
>
>
> There have been ongoing spot shortages and the winter of '05/'06 was a
> particularly tough time for pellet suppliers and their customers.
> It's also sometimes difficult to find pellets towards the latter part
> of the heating season because by that point retailers have already
> moved on to their spring lines; if you run short, you may have to hunt
> high and low to find them or just go without.
>
> Lately I've been reading about supply issues related to the downturn
> in the housing market -- with fewer new homes being built and thus
> less lumber being milled, there's less sawdust to process into pellet
> fuel. This could make the supply situation next winter even more
> interesting (due to volume and weight, it's expensive to supply
> outside markets that may be experiencing shortages, and diverting
> supplies to these adjoining markets can negatively impact supply and
> price locally, in which case there could be enough pain to go around
> for everyone).
>
> My advice? Forget about pellet and get yourself a good quality
> ductless heat pump

If you would care to open the discussion on heat pumps I'd be glad to
listen.

I'm in a position where an open loop ground source heat pump would be a
viable option.

Experiences and opinions would be welcome.

Lenny

Paul M. Eldridge

2008-03-28, 5:25 pm

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:29:13 -0500, Leonardo <sss@centurytel.net>
wrote:

>If you would care to open the discussion on heat pumps I'd be glad to
>listen.
>
>I'm in a position where an open loop ground source heat pump would be a
>viable option.
>
>Experiences and opinions would be welcome.
>
>
>Lenny

Hi Lenny,

There have been several discussions related to ground and air source
heat pumps on The Oil Drum; this is a link to one of them:

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3593

If you use the Google search option on the main page you'll find many
more.

Best regards,
Paul

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