So, to heat your home, would you rather cut firewood or do this...?

[Foxfire]

I don't know much about burning peat from from the looks of it (the posted video) they/he has us beat on free heat. A wheelbarrow and 2 shovels. You can't beat that, not to mention not needing ear plugs.

 

[zogger]

Looks to be decent fuel. Just looked it up. Around 8 million BTU/ton.

EIA Renewable Energy-Average Heat Content of Selected Biomass Fuels

Tons of other uses for it as well.

Peat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[rmount]

I'll bet that shovel doesn't need sharpening as often as my chain does :msp_biggrin:

 

[smokee]

Utility poles are rated at 12.5 m/btu's. lmao. Tires are double that. otstir:

 

[Hddnis]

I used to buy a lot of it for my greenhouse operation, probably thousands of cubic feet of compressed peat moss over the years. It came from Canada, I understand they have more of it up there than they know what to do with.




Mr. HE

 

[Gavman]

I used to buy a lot of it for my greenhouse operation, probably thousands of cubic feet of compressed peat moss over the years. It came from Canada, I understand they have more of it up there than they know what to do with.




Mr. HE

You will have to get by the hippies first, keep the turf spade sharp ha ha

Lots of pressure in recent years from the environmentalists to get peat burning stopped but the old diehards that have been doing it for generations will be hard to stop... still

 

[bbxlr8]

Best use of peat I saw recently was at the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society in Edinburgh Scotland. They show how they burn the peat (among many other things) to give Scotch it’s flavor!

 

[513yj]

I think since we are quoting I will go with office space. Ooooooh. Yeah. Ummm..... I'm gonna have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there.

 

[Austin1]

Funny the stuff we burn to stay warm or cook are food,like living in a sod house and burning buffalo chips?
As far as solid fuel goes give me Wood or Coal though.

 

[Iron Head]

How do you suppose to stack that stuff?
Probably takes forever to dry.

 

[turnkey4099]

How do you suppose to stack that stuff?
Probably takes forever to dry.

I've seen pictures of the sods stood on end leaning against one another tepee style. Seems to be the usual "one season" to cure.

Harry K

 

[Bushmans]

I'm sure there is a F:hmm3grin2orange:iskars for that sort of thing. Probably a thread to go along with it stating how much better it is to use a Fiskars rather than a peat spade!

 

[zogger]

I'm sure there is a F:hmm3grin2orange:iskars for that sort of thing. Probably a thread to go along with it stating how much better it is to use a Fiskars rather than a peat spade!

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