[TheForge] new topic

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Folks useed to simply bank manure around their stone foundations to the 
same end.
I think that the pile needs a methane gathering system as well as a gas 
appliance for each horse and cow...( ungulates and termites supply a 
huge % of available CO2).

Jerry Frost wrote:
> Rather than a methane generator, using a few loops of tubing through the 
> compost pile and a circulating pump will provide hydronic heat. It's 
> much less tech dependant; it doesn't require the gas filters, 
> supply/pressurizing system or a furnace.
> 
> Frosty
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> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Robinson" 
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>> How about a methane generator to convert the horse manure into shop 
>> heating fuel?
>> Chuck
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Mullett" <wmullett at bright.net>
>> To: "'kent'" <kent at cerakko.com>; "'Sponsored by ABANA'" 
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>>> One problem I see with this is that horse urine seems to cause excessive
>>> rusting on nearby steel so keep the two environments separated as 
>>> much as
>>> possible.
>>>
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>>> No more biodiesel...
>>>
>>> I have about 3-4 weeks of downtime due to the hand surgery, so I'd 
>>> like to
>>> hear some suggestions on how big to build my shop. The only condition is
>>> that it will be combined with a horse barn, but that won't be too 
>>> much of a
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Kent
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