ENER Germany's Power Grid Faces Collapse As Millions Stock Up On Inefficient Electric Heaters For The Winter

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Marthanoir

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Shadow said:
A great many homes in Germany lack a fireplace or wood stove so I understand the desire for supplemental heat. People turn to what they know and they are familiar with electric appliances.

I wonder about the use of propane. I am not familiar with Germany/Europe and don't know how prevalent the use of portable propane appliances would be. Do they have an equivalent to the 20lb propane tank? would Buddy heaters be useful?

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Yup, we get propane , largest cylinder is 47kg so roughly 100lb.

Gas heaters using a 15kg bottle are pretty common

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Probably sold out in Germany at the start of all this.

Hmmm I wonder how many I can fit in a Ford Transit :idea:
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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We have a wood stove in the large added on room to our ancient mobile home. If worse comes to worse we can move our recliners in there and put a blanket over the door leading into the living room if we don't have electricity. I prefer a cooler room to sleep in but DH requires a very warm room. He may have to get a grip on that.

I wonder if my Jackery 260 would power his electric blanket. It does power my lift chair so I can get out of it when the power goes off.
 
Old Greek

Old Greek

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summerthyme said:
If it's never been managed or cut over, there likely is enough standing dead or down ( but not rotted) wood to get through at least one winter. But you're right that you don't want to be out there in January trying to find something that will burn!

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It has never been managed or cut!
 
Garand

Garand

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I remember laying and sleeping between two large chow chows for 3 days to stay warm. It sucks being cold. I hope the Europeans can figure something out.
 
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Old Gray Mare

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If we were in Germany I'd be looking for a wood burning stove/heater/boiler furnace. If that wasn't available, there are other options to a fire place that can be significantly more fuel efficient. I'd be looking into a Russian oven or brick masonry heater/fireplace. A lot of heat is lost up a chimney. Russian oven or brick masonry heater captures that heat that would otherwise be wasted in thermal mass and re-reradiates it into the home.

Hint: I turned a rabid greenie into a sputtering mess when she virtue signaled about her tiny "carbon foot print" compared to our wood burning fireplace by telling her our wood lot sequestered significantly more carbon each year than we could possibly burn.
 
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