gonewild9676

What safety measures are in place to keep things from going 'boom'?

I can see this being great for off grid cabins.

However, I live in the Atlanta suburbs and have a moderately well insulated house with a gas tankless hot water heater and a gas 98% efficient furnace with a timed thermostat and I use about $50/month in gas a month during the winter not counting taxes and fees. I have a high efficiency air filter that has to be swapped out twice a year and I get it inspected once a year. That's it. Otherwise I don't have to lift a finger.

I probably have enough random tree limbs come down that I could use this as supplemental heat, but that almost seems more work and effort than it's worth. I suppose they are handy for power failures, but I can run my gas furnace with a small generator (I use a ~$100 transfer switch).

I also presume that it needs very dry hardwood that has been seasoned for a few years?

If you want to convince people to switch, you have to convince them that it's better. How is it better than what I have now?

Is it possible to get just regular coffee that doesn't abuse farmers and workers?

I drink swill grade coffee black, mostly to avoid headaches. I don't care about coffee that was pooped out of a cat or was grown on a secret mountain in Hawaii. Folgers or Maxwell House is fine by me.

I can see using it as emergency heat in Europe. Post WW2 Europe had some people converting their cars to wood gas. That said, there's only so much fuel available for them.

Are you dating anyone?