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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Wow that's cool, I'm surprised I haven't heard of this before. I guess the long horizontal section is what allows for more complete combustion. I like building it in to furniture, that's a very cool idea.

[–]yetanotherone_sigh[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yep. The basic idea is low fuel consumption, almost 100% combustion and low emissions, you can cook on it, and you can sit on a warm bench seat. They were invented by permaculture groups down in the southwest, where it's ideal to have a lot of mass to keep your house warm at night. You don't have to get up and stoke the stove.

The only downside is that they're pretty big. But they're cheap.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Interesting, very neat idea. In the south we need thermal mass to keep us cool through the heat of the midday. Then at night you'd "stock up" on cold by storing it in the thermal mass. It's not nearly as perfected a system as trying to keep warm.