Way to go Dyna. Great move on the road to our "Most
sustainable City" status. It will be a terrific few
years seeing more innovative solutions like yours.
Congradulations... Now what about that Solar Rooftop
energy co-op network??
Ray Rolfe
>From Holland
currently in Whitter
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005
> From: Dyna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Mpls] History is Made: Minneapolis Grants
> a Permit for a
> Corn Stove!
..... The fair city of Minneapolis has granted me
> a building
> permit for a stove that will heat my house with a
> cheap, renewable,
> and clean fuel- corn.
>
> I'm not sure if they had some new help in permits
> that didn't
> know they weren't supposed to, or maybe someone
> signed off on my
> permit application without really reading it. Or
> perhaps Minneapolis
> has finally figured out that the mission of the
> permit office is not
> protecting the virtual monopoly that a handful of
> heating contractors
> have for too long enjoyed. Those favored few
> contractors only install
> the gas or electric furnaces made by the
> manufacturers they are
> franchised too. Minneapolis gets a cut of this gravy
> train too, in
> the form of that city franchise fee tacked onto your
> natural gas bill.
>
> So Minneapolis yet may be the city that survives
> and thrives
> beyond peak oil with renewable energy. But we have a
> long way to go-
> with our Farmer's Market near deserted this time of
> year,
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