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Greenhouse Heating Article - M/E/N (of all places!)

 
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Hey, I just stumbled across a 2020/2022 article in Mother Earth News that actually has some guts.

https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/heating-greenhouses-for-free-zb0z1411zmat/

Rocket Mass Heaters even get a mention. Go figure! From the mainstream POV, M/E/N is pretty fringe stuff. LOL. But traction is traction, and mainstream exposure helps to normalize certain ideas that seem way-out-there.

Aside: Is it just me or has M/E/N started to get a little more muscular and hands-on-dirty in comparison to the "better homes and gardens" version we've seen for a long painful time? I hope so.
 
That's my roommate. He's kinda weird, but he always pays his half of the rent. And he gave me this tiny ad:
rocket mass heater jamboree 2026
https://permies.com/t/369866/rocket-mass-heater-jamboree
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