The heat is on!

Current outside temperature when I wrote this - MINUS 24 degrees!

Current inside temperature - A balmy 74 degrees!

So what's the big deal? Well .... all My thermostats are turned OFF!





Yup, while most of you out there are fretting how much your heating bills will be this winter, I'll take the logical choice and get My heat totally free.

A wood burning stove does cost around $500, and another $500 for parts to install, but since they last a lifetime it becomes dirt cheap. Add to the fact that typical heating bills can run from 600 to well over a 1000 or 1500 dollars a winter, one might see just how stupid it is to be connected to the grid, and a slave to the system.

I think back to Thanksgiving day when We had family out and were heating the house with the wood burning stove and had all the thermostats turned off. During dinner we actually had to open the outside doors it was so hot in the house. And need I remind you that the cost of getting the house that warm was totally free!! And I have yet to be able to describe the difference of wood heat, but there is something better about it. It's more ... uhmmm ... warming?? I don't know!! All I know is that the heat registers do NOT heat your body the way the stove does. For some reason you can have it be 70 degrees with home heat and feel cold, but 70 degrees with wood heat and your toasty. I can't prove it, but it's true for all My family members.

Yes, much like most things in life .. heat is free. So is water for that matter. And I would argue that in the very near future, electricity will be extremely cheap also. Science is in the process of making solar cells that can literally be printed on a sheet of paper off a computer printer. Well it's a bit more complex than that, but in general that's the truth. We are on the verge of going from $2.50 per solar watt, down to 25 CENTS a solar watt. A ninety percent savings .. not bad.

And before I go, I know what your thinking. "But I don't have trees all over that I can just cut down and use for the winter." In other words .. that sounds like work. I would argue that just about any farmer out there would have some dead trees that he would love to have cut down and taken away. Taking out the dead ones promotes more life for the good ones. So anyone out there COULD get free wood if they 'wanted', but nobody does. I've read a dozen ads this year on the internet alone advertising free wood from people who want old tree rows tore down and stuff. I am fortunate however that I just have to go in My backyard and start cutting.

I would add that most people can't have a wood stove because of a very stupid reason. They never sit their ass down long enough to let a fire heat a house. I'm sure most of you would have a tough time dedicating a good chunk of your day just staying home and relaxing and you would be out driving around in a couple hours running your countless errands, getting a movie, or going to get your 'fast food' supper for your family. And since it's best not to leave a wood stove burning while not at home, your forced to pay for it. You see .. once again, there is such balance in nature.

So I'll leave you with a quote that's kinda cheesy, but is really true as it's great exercise.

"Firewood is the heat that warms you twice. Once when you cut it, and again when you burn it."