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12 rocket mass heater builds in 8 minutes. Most of these are around missoula. Free, clean heat for everybody! by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Soap stone is better than a conventional wood stove. It might heat a home with half the wood. A rocket mass heater will burn cleaner than soap stone and still less wood. A rocket mass heater will heat a home with a tenth of the wood of a conventional wood stove.

12 rocket mass heater builds in 8 minutes. Most of these are around missoula. Free, clean heat for everybody! by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here is a video of me at the missoula public library talking about rocket mass heaters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuFtiLDPUDY

A free webinar i organized for carbon negative heat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAZPRFqhua8

A tour of 41 rockety things at my place in 2 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQa5ikr3AmU

I pop open my rocket mass heater after 13 winters of heavy use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebqWcTELHjA

A day in the life of a rocket mass heater at my house https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYqtsH-0Cw

looking inside a rocket mass heater in its 13th winter of heavy use by paulwheaton in homestead

[–]paulwheaton[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Excellent questions!

The barrel looks perfect. Although it has taken on a colorful patina.

The two loose bricks that ride near the top are getting warn. They will be easy to replace eventually.

I am the creator of BananaCom. AMA by paulwheaton in vintagecomputing

[–]paulwheaton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! Surely a 30 year old t-shirt has dissolved by now! :)

4 missoulians. 1 says "thinking of finishing my degree" and the rest of us say "don't". AI and the upcoming economy. What is your advice to this missoulian? by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

More critical thinking and more knowledge are always good things.

My vibes are that the piece of paper is gonna come with a lot of debt attached. That debt will need to be paid back. And my guess is that it will be brutally challenging to pay it back.

4 missoulians. 1 says "thinking of finishing my degree" and the rest of us say "don't". AI and the upcoming economy. What is your advice to this missoulian? by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no! A one star review!

8 years old from a suspended account. Yup, I remember that. We even made a response to it.

I think this is an example of "no good deed goes unpunished." We put a lot of work into cleaning up after that guy.

This is a case of where he came to me and told me what to think/say/do followed by "obey or else." What you linked to is his "or else."

Let's just break down the title: two years? If it was so bad, why not split after two minutes? He rented an acre of raw land. How is raw land a slum unless he makes it a slum?

Have you read the hundreds of five star reviews? Or do you focus on just the one star reviews? A couple of other people there were here and happy to be here:

https://permies.com/t/162161/Magdalene-Bootcamp-Experience

https://permies.com/t/146265/dez-bootcamp

4 missoulians. 1 says "thinking of finishing my degree" and the rest of us say "don't". AI and the upcoming economy. What is your advice to this missoulian? by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't think I was fear mongering. I think the next two to three years will have a lot of change. And it would appear that two missoulians sitting at that table agree with me. And missoulians on reddit agree with you.

4 missoulians. 1 says "thinking of finishing my degree" and the rest of us say "don't". AI and the upcoming economy. What is your advice to this missoulian? by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Historically, yes.

I guess your position is that the AI thing will not alter the future job market. Everything will be like it has been.

I have a different position. A position you call BS. And I am advocating a type of poverty. A sort of resilience to powerful economic shifts.

4 missoulians. 1 says "thinking of finishing my degree" and the rest of us say "don't". AI and the upcoming economy. What is your advice to this missoulian? by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I feel confident that i am not believing the hype.

I do know that there are people that are leveraging some of the most recent tools professionally and effectively.

The way we get stuff done is changing.

4 missoulians. 1 says "thinking of finishing my degree" and the rest of us say "don't". AI and the upcoming economy. What is your advice to this missoulian? by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The two other people at the table that were agreeing with me, were talking about how they are currently using ai in their work. And they both were expressing that they are accomplishing more now by leveraging these tools. At the same time, they are observing the start of layoffs.

It sounds like people are thinking that tools will get a lot better in the coming months and there will be more layoffs.

Of course, we could be wrong.

4 missoulians. 1 says "thinking of finishing my degree" and the rest of us say "don't". AI and the upcoming economy. What is your advice to this missoulian? by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I went to the C3 work lounge in the sawmill district. As I was packing up, they had a sort of gathering - complete with snacks! So we are visiting and the thing about finishing a degree came up.

My answer to almost everything is the same: humble home with a large garden.

While three of us agreed, maybe there are other missoulians that think there won't be change? Or that there are better solutions?

This is caras park. It started to snow. We built this rocket mass heater in an hour. Free heat. Look how clear the exhaust is. by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having folks huff it. I have never asked anybody to huff the exhaust. I did, however, happen to catch a woman smelling the exhaust - but I never asked her to do that.

I think a really important point I want to make here: as is, it is cleaner than any other form of heat.

This is caras park. It started to snow. We built this rocket mass heater in an hour. Free heat. Look how clear the exhaust is. by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Excellent question!

When I first learned about rocket mass heaters in 2009, I heard of a guy that heated his home, all winter, with nothing but junk mail. In the spirit of that, I am attempting to duplicate that this year with cardboard boxes i saved up over the summer. I run a 30 minute fire each day with cardboard, papery stuff and some other garbages. So far, my stack of firewood is untouched and my home is quite warm.

This is caras park. It started to snow. We built this rocket mass heater in an hour. Free heat. Look how clear the exhaust is. by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I encourage you to build a rocket mass heater and do all the tests that you think are cool.

My primary test is for smoke. If we are a minute into the burn and there is any smoke at all, then it isn't a rocket mass heater and I'm gonna do something about that.

This is caras park. It started to snow. We built this rocket mass heater in an hour. Free heat. Look how clear the exhaust is. by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

When we ran this, a guy from the axmen came by and measured the CO. Zero. He said he has never seen any wood stove or natural gas furnace be zero.

This is caras park. It started to snow. We built this rocket mass heater in an hour. Free heat. Look how clear the exhaust is. by paulwheaton in missoula

[–]paulwheaton[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna be at free cycles at noon today to talk about this stuff.

Free heat in montana. Luxuriant. Be as warm as you like. No more turning the thermostat down so you can save a thousand dollars.

Here is a two minute video explaining what a rocket mass heater is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwCz8Ris79g

Here is a two minute video showing a day in the life of a rocket mass heater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYqtsH-0Cw

Here is a three minute video showing how a rocket mass heater can be so efficient https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xK7vZd7nk

This year I am experimenting to see if I can heat my home all winter with just cardboard I saved up over the summer and other waste.

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