It gets awful cold in the winter at times around here in the North East. Heating bills are expensive, and the house is cold.

Baseboard heating sucks, to say the least.

Well, now that my Grandfather has moved out, we can use the woodstove again.

Of course if my Mother stops complaining about the smell. I actually the smell of wood burning, but she can't stand any kind of smoke at all. Maybe because she quit smoking cigerattes and pot.

And of course the burn barrel had to go a few years back because she didn't like the smell of burning plastic.

If your upwind, well, then... or if you don't have a draft.

At any rate, when the woodstove is on, it makes that whole side of the house nice and warm. Which makes my Mom upset about it being too warm.

Of course it produces pollutants. So does the oil burner. Yet, using the woodstove doesn't support some foriegn terrorist like oil does—as we either cut our own wood or buy it from somebody locally, so it's not like it's supporting terrorism like oil.

It produces more particulate matter, some cancer causing dioxins, among other things. It would be a bad thing to have in the city, but then again, I live in the country.

Maybe less pollutants then the burn barrel—but then again plastic is fun to burn. And it doesn't fill the landfill with nearly as much garbage. But on the other side, it cuts down on the amount of recylables. I've read rural town officals bitching about that one.

Fuel cells and solar sound cool. Just make them affordable, and avalible, and we'll install them. Maybe we should all become subsidence farmers, and not have to depend on others, who could be supporting terorrists.

Maybe I'm just stoned. Happy Friday.