Page 18 RAIN October 1976 ( Wooo ENERGY) ) "RAINpaper No. 1-WOODSTOVES," by Bill Day, 6 pp., Sept. 1976, $1 postpaid from: RAINpaper No. i -WOODSTOVES RAIN: Journal of Appropriate ·Technology 2270 N~W. Irving Street Portland, OR 97210 ·First time I've ever done this ... w.rite a .typical(?) RAIN.info access entry for one of our own publications! Anyway, the story on this is that the Federal Energy Administration's "FEA Energy· Reporter" monthly newsletter ~or August '76 ran a complimentary blurb about Bill Day's RAIN articles evaluating various brands of wood heating and cooking stpves. Unfortunately, they hadn't bothered to check with us-1 know they can afford the phone call- . ·· to see if those back issueS~ were still in print. They aren't and so Anne, Bill and I had to rush around getting this compilation of reprints, letters from RAIN readers, and latest news on the wood- . stove front together to fill the pile of orders. It's worth a buck, we think (he says modestly). (LJ) Wood Stove Class, conducted by Bill Day, October 14, 1976, Portland Oregon, 7:30, $2 ·(OMSI members), $3 (non-members), pre-registration required: · Mary.Lawrence The ·Energy Center Oregon Museum of Science & Industry 4015 S.W. Canyon Rd. Portland, OR 97221 503/248-5920 Following up on Bill's previous successful wood stove teaching exhibit and his ~AIN articles evaluating various makes ·of wood heating and cooking stoves (now available as RAINpaper No. 1see publications list on inside of back cover), this will be a dass on how to select, operate and maintain the home wood stove. (LJ) · You Can't Switch Horsepower. in the Middle of the Stream The importance of the choices we must now make about our future energy sources has come cleady into focus in two recerit reports by Amory Lovins, author of Non-Nuclear Futures and World Energy Strategies. Lovins has completed studies for a number of countries; including Japan, Englan.d, Sweden, Canada and tht;: lJnited States, outlining their individual potentials for conservation, wind and solar power, organic liquid fuels and other nondepleting energy sources. In each case he has demonstrated, as Brent Sorensen .did earlier for Denmark (Science, July 25, 1975), that by tailoring the mix of energy sources to the specific.situation, :each country can develop a future that is totally free of fossil fuel and ntidear energy. Lovins points ~m t that only about 5% of energy uses in industrialized countries requires expensive electricity.· · Other needs can be met with low tern- . perature solar, liqwood (organic liquid · fuels), wi'nd and hydro. Such presently available techniques of proven safety . are shown to cost significantly less than fossil or nuclear futures. · Most importantly, Lovins' studies demonstrate that such viable soft technology .options and nuclear are mutually exclusive-once we commit ourselves to one i'tbecomes virtually impossible to make a transition to the other if our initial choice proves w~ong. Lovins' analyses are essential readings for the debate on our energy ·futures: (TB) ·"Exploring Energy-Efficient Futures for Canada," Conserver Society Notes, MayJune, 1976, free from: . . , Science Council of Canada 1 SO Kent Street, 7th Floor Ottawa·, Cana,da K1P ~P4 "Energy Strategy:.The Road Not Taken Taken", Foreign Affairs, October 1975,' $10/yr. from: · Council oh Foreign Relations, Inc. 58 East 68th St. New York, NY 10021 PRESENT AND PROPOSED NET ENERGY CONSUMPTION .IN DENMARK BY SOURCE z 0 i= a.. ~ 20 ~ 10 z 0 (.) >- (!) a: w 2 w 19~0 ELECTRICITY FROM WIND E:NERGY .SOLAR ENERGY FOR SPACE HEATING Tb,e Physical Energy Potential of Wood, by.Hehnuth Resch, 5 pp,, 1974, free from: Forest Research Lab. Oregon State University· Corvallis, OR 97331 A ·good companion to Vermont's "Wood as a Source of Energy" report (see p. 17 of Jan. 1976 RAIN), this also discusses the use of wood as a fuel. The amounts and types of residue available and the BTU/ton and per cu. ft. h~ating characteristics of various woods are explained. OSU ·also publishes Forestry Update, School of Forestry,.OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331, if you want on that mailing list. If you're into wood, you'll find it useful and interesting. (LJ)
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