Congrats on the corn stove permit, Dyna!
Corn stoves diversify and localize our energy supply. further, they use
energy from plants, which (with greater use of biodeisel on farms) can
reduce the amount of fossil fuels we need to dig.
Even without "green" farm equipment, the amount of fossil fuels invested in
getting corn to your stove is relatively small. We could make this work
well if local corn could be brought into town by rail and distributed by
biodiesel van and by bike. My cargo trikes can handle 6 to 8 hundred pounds
plus another 4 hundred pounds on a trailer.
It is possible to imagine delivery trucks dropping off corn to be delivered
in neighborhoods on demand or on a schedule. This would make it easy for
folks who have a hard time carrying sacks of corn around. Of course,
neighbors could and would just help neighbors, too.
Supplies could be delivered in larger or smaller quantities, using very
little or no fossil fuel. Clean, green, and patriotic all at once.
-- pedaling for peace and ecojustice from Lynhurst at the moment -- Gary
Hoover
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