National Sun Systems 2065 Sperry Avenue Ventura, CA 93003 Yes, friends, solar energy has arrived, and can_now provide us with all the amenities of modern life. Have your own solar-powered dancing styrofoam hamburger or gumball popper. Gain inspiration from a solar powered religious display on your desk singing "Jesus Loves Me." Become energy selfsufficient with your own desk-top solar powered windmill. No batteries needed. The sun is our strength and salvation. Don't take life too s,eriously. If it's solar toys, these folks got it. -TB SUNRAE . 1107 9th St., Rm. 420 Sacramento, CA 95814 ,916/448-1198 As solar starts to come on strong, Cali-' forni_a may well be the bellwether for the rest of the nation. SUNRAE is California's gra~s roots solar lobbying organization that helps citizens to stay abreast of all _the developments that are coming right and left. They now have six offices across the state, including a full-time lobbyist in Sacramento. SUNRAE is the author of SB-1731, the California Solar Housing Assistance ~etrofit Program (CAL SHARP) designed to provide solar energy for state financed public housirtg projects. They are also publishing a newsletter, helping folks keep tabs on the whole wave of solar bills before the legislature, utility entry into the solar arena and other economic issues. Other offices are located in LA, San Jos~, the Bay Area, San Diego and Goleta. -SA WOOD Heating With Wood, $2 from: Institute of Man and Resources P.O. Box 2008 Charlottetown, PEl ClA 1A4 CANADA This is the first thing I would hand to anyone asking aqout heating with wood. Beautiful, clear graphic presentation of information, dealing with all the ques- •tions a perso11; will probably ask or should ask about wood heat. Obtaining firewood, how much to get, ecQnomics of wood vs. other heat, how to choose a wood heater or furnace, how to improve efficiency of a fireplace, location and installation, safety and insurance questions are dealt with simply and clearly. Well done! - TB Wood vs. 011: Economic Comparison • Price~• on ¢ ollori) 95------~----~-+ so--- 85 80 75---t---t-t--+--+·-+-+-+-+-t--,,,t:;i~ 70--1--t-t-+-+-+--+--+--+-,rMiii~ 65-t·---r-t---t--t--t--t-1,-..,+~ 60 --1r--,r-1r-1r-1r-1r-1i-,in 55--t-t-+-+---t--t--'.:it@ll!i; 50--t-t-+-+-+-~~ 45--ii--t--t-+-.+!......,.....,,.l'!I; 40-t-+-t--:+i;~~~~~~~~~~ 35-r--r:i'.m~tt 30--1i-;\iiiit~~~ • 25-Uta~:.liiU~~~~wz 75 95 July 1978 RAIN Page 21 Wood va. Electrlclty: Economic Comparison Pric.!_of_~J!~!•~1t1 _(~~~~ ..... w-•.~t_t h~o~u_r=--.) -~-~--- ~--1---------+------- 1a-----+-+-+--+--+--+--+-·-+------+----t-1 17 ----------------- 1-----~-+--+--+--+---+-+--+--I 14 - - - Wood la more--+--+--+-+-+--+--+---1 .13 - - - economical 12 -----------------·- 11--+--t--+--+--+--+_;;.+--+--+--+--+--+-+-+--+-I 10----------------- 9--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-+-+-+-➔--t a----------------- 1----♦---♦---------- 6 ----➔------------ 5 --l--l--l-t-t-t-t--4--4-t--4-+,....+"ll!'!'f·l''~·•· ·~::Z.c: ' 4--1---t--t-+-+~-+-+-+.-t~"~~···~•:' ·~,~➔; 0~x.....,"""'l'·I i--t--t-+-+-+...•; ~-·,t . ,r, .r,: .;,i. . ~""::!1;-;!? 9~~,~l. 1 I I I I I I I I I 30 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 . Price of Wood ($/cord) $25 35 45 55 65 Price of Wood ($/cord) from Heating With Wood . Comparative Optimum Efficiency I [ i ! I I I Standard Fireplace I I I • I I ·I ' I • Fireplace with metal liner• or tube Sl'•tea I I I i, Slmple updraft atove, Franklin atove • I ~ -~ ~ ~ oo oo ro ~ ~ % % % % % % % % % from Heating With Wood Chimney Clearances and Terminations Termination of Chimneys and Vents for Residential Type and Low-Heat Type Appliances. ~L...U... ,..I • • ~ H ]....;..... 1.(11 , ......... • --1 • ' ,T•.t . ~ -~ •• ~-.• -~ • ·:• .4 : .•• · .. . . • .•.. ........ .. . .. ~ ....... ,, . . . C•11111H&T 01 Y(NT The Woodstove-Annual, $2.95 from: Society fo,; Protection of New Hampshire Forests 5 South State Street Concord, NH 03301 Two-thirds (80 pp.) of this year's annual is a wealth of information on fuel wood -chain saw safety, legal problems of allowing-someone to cut firewood from your woodlot, seasoning, transportation, etc. Rest contains the usuals on installation, fire safety, etc:, plus what would be an interesting chapter on metal chimneys except that a typogtaphic error has combined the section on air-cooleq and insulated chimneys arid thereby omitted discussion of the creosote hazards of the former. -TB , CNIMNtf ea WINT Termination I~ than •o feet from ridge. Termination more than 10 feet from ridge, wall or parapet. wall or parapet. (Diagram tabn/rom NFPA Standlll'd 1ll, "Chimney~, Finplaces and Vents, /971") from The Woodstove Annual
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