Clay & Geothermal Heating
After Saturdays’ visit to the Apromer open day, the whole heating question is up for debate. We have been keen for some time on the idea of a geothermal heat pump, but it’s almost impossible to get anyone who’s in the business to say a bad word about the thing they’re selling (naturally).
So to find an objective viewpoint (sort of), we had to go to someone who’s promoting solar energy. Here’s his take, and an anecdote he told to a visitor without us having even mentioned our situation…
more… | 22 November, 2004 | energy | comment?
Renewable Energies
As autumn rains itself towards winter, our thoughts are turning towards heating methods for the house. A series of factors present themselves for consideration:
- There’s no town gas network in the countryside
- With Peak Oil looming, already here or yesterday’s news, the price of fuel oil is only going to keep rising. In any case, we’d rather find a more world-friendly option
- The house faces due south, with most of its 2132 m2 in front of it
- Apart from the last few weeks, it’s always sunny (Roanne has more sunny days annually than Toulouse — Nouvel Observateur 13 May 2004)
- The soil is mostly clay and the water table is unusually high (more about this in the fruit tree planting discussion coming soon)
more… | 18 November, 2004 | energy | comment?
