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Mairi B eautymanEnergy / Renewable Energy April 5, 2006
Ok, so m ay be you can t quite storm the l iquor cabinet wh en
it
starts to get cold outside againbut th e EcoSmar t Fire by
the
Au st r a li an -ba sed Fire Com pany ha s potential . T
raditional
w ood-b u rn in g fir epla ce s a r e of ten sm oky , if n ot
tox ic (a nd w h y not save a tree or two). Gas fireplaces , wh en
done wel l , a re an
option.but how a bout one that u ses a renew able fuel, l
ike
ethan ol-based denatu red alcohol? The flame for the
sleekly-
designed EcoSma rt Fire is produced from this substance,
called
Ecohol. According to the m anu factur er, i t also bur ns clean,
is
bi odeg rada bl e, an d on ly em it s ecol og ic a ll y -sou n d
c a rbon
dioxide and w ater-based steam. Without the n eed for gas,
EcoSmar t is easily atta chedno extra pipes for a v
entilation
flue or a perma nent ga s connection. Plus, maint enance, th
e
firm say s, is a breeze. : : The Fire Com pany
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RemyC
The only reason to denat ur e ethanol is to make it un safeto
drink, w hich is the epitom e of hy pocrisy . Start out w it h a fu
el th a t is sa fe, cl ea n , ea sy to pr odu ce f rom bi olog ic a
l sou r ce s (on ly Sa tan sa y s i t h a d t o be f rom
GMsponsored Monsanto GMO corn ) an d pour m ethy l poisonin i t so
alch oholics won't drink i t in a pinch . Wow!Tha nks USDA a nd A
TF, an d DEA - st i l l keepingindustrial hem p from US farm ers
cause y ou can't tellseeds apa rt!!!
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fri
If y ou are in terested in a n (insert for) ethanol
fireplace,please hav e a look at http://opdecodesign.googlepage...
.Quite a good choice and fair prices.
Deb Prothero
Can som eone rem ind me.. .I though t the cost in energy to
produce e thanol was h igher th an th e energy i t g ivesoff wh en
bu rn ed. Besides th ere is serious ha rm to ourfood security
system s by offering incent iv es to factory farm s to produce cr
ops for fu el instea d of food.
Rayc
Th ese "bur ner s" cost ov er $2, 2 00 a piece. Ripoff.
Nick Aster
Hm m ..th at 's definitely cool, but there 's som ethingtim
eless about an old wood burning fireplace th at I f indhard to g iv
e up , and bu rning w ood (susta inably har v ested of cour se) is
carbon neutr al . Decent v en t il a t ion and y ou 're a -ok. Th
en ag a in m a y be I'm ju stnostalg ic for la st weekend in Ta
hoe.. .
Alexandra
Denatu red alcohol just has m ethy l added to i t -- which is v
er y poi son ou s t o in g est (c au ses bl in dn ess) bu t isharm
less to burn .
Brian Erst
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