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Diesel fuel is something like 1.50 a liter  but back in 2020 when everything shut down due to covid the price at that time dropped to 75 cents a liter, I put away 6 barrels of the stuff so I am drawing down my reserve a bit.

Back in the old days, and in many places of the L48, wood stoves seem to be a quite nice alternative to burning liquid fuels. Grew up with them, used them later in life, heating substantially more than just 200 sq. feet, is wood burning not allowed in your area or something?

[RE]

Great little device to take the work out of splitting wood for yoour Doomstead heating needs.



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Just returned from a trip, Edmontonish area up to lloydminister, into Saskatchewan and back today. No snow, brown grass everywhere. Stepped outside to let the dogs in and it is now raining outside. Crazy, just crazy. It looks like things are the same down south  http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/rivera-sun/108895/the-winter-without-snow-a-wake-up-call

How do the mountains look this time of year? Always thought Edmonton was an okay town, but flat, and Lloydminister the same and more rurally. I've seen the most beautiful northern lights there on a cold evening in January once, heading west out of Saskatchewan towards the real gems.Given a choice its the Rockys from the US border until it hits Fairbanks...and then you skip up to the Brooks Range and the beauty continues.

[TDoS]

Mountains are to far west for me to see. You might think Edmonton is flat but you don't know flat until you have driven across Saskatchewan.

From Weyburn to Saskatoon to Llyodminster headed to Edmonton. Lived there for a year. Ran off to the mountains every chance I got. Fort Nelson and from there on to Alaska a couple times.

Saskatchewan doesn't have all that much on Cheyenne to Chicago, except Canadians are nicer folks along the way. Golf courses, Chinese restaurants and Dairy Queens still a thing in every small town out that way?

[K-Dog]

All in all this is the mildest winter I can remember.

Atmospheric CO2:

December 2023     421.86 ppm
December 2022     418.99 ppm

Annual change:  +0.68%

The mildest winter you can remember.  Do you have any idea of why that might be?

[TDoS]

The mildest winter you can remember.  Do you have any idea of why that might be?