Fuel Frenzy

Possession of surplus energy is, of course, a requisite for any kind of civilization,
for if man possesses merely the energy of his own muscles,
he must expend all his strength - mental and physical - to obtain the bare necessities of life.
- H. Rickover 1957 -

To heat a 2000 sq foot house in the norther third of the USA takes 3 - 7 cord of wood per winter.
You can toss all the fancy formulas and take it from those that
have used wood heat for years 1 cord = about 100 gallons of fuel oil.

Your electric hot water heater costs about $500/year to run.

The Sun is the source of 99.9% of all energy available on earth!

The world (as of 2008) uses about 1 Cubic Mile of Oil per Year. 1.2 Trillion Gallons.