On Monday 06 December 2010 16:23:25 Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote: > >When I want to purchase an automobile, I check the data on expected > > miles > > per gallon (or km per liter). It should be the same for stoves. > > Hmm.....well it has proven to be very difficult to do that in the US of > A even for space heating wood stoves. There is an interesting study by > the State Of Mass. looking into the patchwork of regulations and test > methods used in the USA. It is a sobering read. Universally rating a > stove is much more difficult than rating a car.
I occasionally used to look at car specifications to determine my ideal car. I simply became baffled by the differences in attributes and measurements and never had the money anyway. Nowadays I just go for something cheap, with no depreciation left and 70miles per (imperial) gallon. Like cars I expect we will end up with many stove designs and fuel variations but all attaining certain key emission requirements. Being English I of course don't think the end justifies the means Justly, Skilfully and Magnanimously AJH _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address Stoves mailing list to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/ [email protected] http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org
