Thinktank58

Are you aware of how difficult the immigration process is for a legal immigrant? Why should illegal immigrants that came to the United States (as adults) be rewarded by being allowed to stay?

OP please answer this. I too would like to know.

A lot of people in the United States have soldier worship. In my opinion, the road taken by those at the clandestine services suffer far more (emotionally). Thank you and your colleagues for what you do.

Agreed. I’m also a mechanical engineer and the math for the energy vs carbon emissions just isn’t there.

I’m checking out the rocket mass heater wiki page, and as a mechanical engineer my gut reaction is that it’s bs. Fossil fuels have a finite energy potential. There’s a BTU (thermal) cap on how much heat they can produce per unit, and 300 years of industrialization hasn’t been able to capture more than the upper limits of 49% or so.

Is there something about these stoves that isn’t listed that makes them more efficient?

Additionally, the biggest driver of carbon footprint for residential usage is air conditioning and cooling. I’m not sure how large an impact this would have on noticeably impacting our carbon footprint.

TL;DR - At first glance this sounds like hocus pocus.