rocket mass heater

paul wheaton · 11-06-17, 05:43 PM

I found this forum from another forum. I thought there would be a bunch of rocket mass heater discussion and I could join in. As is, I see some rocket mass heater hot water stuff and some jean pain stuff ....

I just finished hosting a big, global rocket mass heater event and it came up "why don't more people know about rocket mass heaters?" So ... as long as I'm here ... this forum seems like the sort of place where there would be a lot of discussion about rocket mass heaters. Any thoughts as to why there is so little?

ME_Andy · 12-21-17, 08:54 AM

Y'all, we are in the presence of an "internet celebrity." The inventor of the Wheaton Eco Scale https://permies.com/mobile/t/3069/Wheaton-Eco-Scale. I'm about a level 2, aspiring towards level 3.

But about stoves. I see your rocket heater and raise you a smoke-free catalytic soapstone stove.

paul wheaton · 12-21-17, 09:07 AM

While your soapstone stove will use less wood than a conventional stove, I suspect that a rocket mass heater will use less wood than the soapstone stove. I would bet that a rocket mass heater would use about a third the wood of the soapstone stove.

As evidence, I present:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hcZ1RvW440

NeilBlanchard · 03-24-18, 10:08 AM

I am very interested in either a rocket mass heater, or a biochar retort. I really want to produce biochar, to sink carbon and vastly improve the soil, at the same time.

11-06-17, 05:43 PM	#1
paul wheaton Lurking Renovator Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: MT Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	rocket mass heater I found this forum from another forum. I thought there would be a bunch of rocket mass heater discussion and I could join in. As is, I see some rocket mass heater hot water stuff and some jean pain stuff .... I just finished hosting a big, global rocket mass heater event and it came up "why don't more people know about rocket mass heaters?" So ... as long as I'm here ... this forum seems like the sort of place where there would be a lot of discussion about rocket mass heaters. Any thoughts as to why there is so little?

12-21-17, 08:54 AM	#2
ME_Andy Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: New Mexico/Texas Posts: 66 Thanks: 22 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts	Y'all, we are in the presence of an "internet celebrity." The inventor of the Wheaton Eco Scale https://permies.com/mobile/t/3069/Wheaton-Eco-Scale. I'm about a level 2, aspiring towards level 3. But about stoves. I see your rocket heater and raise you a smoke-free catalytic soapstone stove.

03-24-18, 10:08 AM	#4
NeilBlanchard Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Maynard, MA Eaarth Posts: 383 Thanks: 78 Thanked 39 Times in 32 Posts	I am very interested in either a rocket mass heater, or a biochar retort. I really want to produce biochar, to sink carbon and vastly improve the soil, at the same time.