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Summary
Paul, and co. (Mark, Kyle, Katie and Opalyn) continue their grand overview of the empire, covering the last parts of tier 0 on the abyss list and a discussion on the four parts of the lab.
There's some debate as to whether the heat from a wofati, once soaked into the ground, is carried away instantly, or over a long period of time. Paul believes that John Hade (?) has proven that the second view is correct as the soil acts as thermal inertia that lasts for years rather than a few days. Specifically, John believes that heat travels through the ground at approximately 20ft per year. Unfortunately, this also means that it’ll likely take a long time to get up to your preferred temperature as the ground will just absorb heat until it in turn warms up.
The Wofati
Greenhouse:
Pretty much done - some details still being worked on, such as names to be burned into logs or final coats of oil on some art, and
Josiah is almost done with part 1 of the movie to the point that he can show an impressed Paul a preview of it.
Firewood:
Goal is for 12 cords of firewood (1 cord being 4ft wide, 4ft tall, and 8ft long), with 4 currently prepared. Getting more prepared is something of an issue considering how few
boots there are at the moment. That said, there’s probably
enough for the winter so long as they’re careful about burning it. More is almost certainly going to be needed to cover the fuel needs of the
RMH Jamboree.
Eliminate propane at basecamp:
There’s currently propane
heaters in both the fisher price house and the library that cause problems on top of not fitting with Paul’s vision for the place, and replace them with backup electric heaters and just use rocket heaters for main heating.
Relevant Threads
Wofati and earth berm forum
Rocket Mass Heater forum
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This podcast was made possible thanks to:
Dr. Hugh Gill Kultur
Eivind W. Bjørkavåg
Suleiman, Karrie, and Sasquatch
Kyle Neath
Bill Crim
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Kerry JustTooLazy
Jocelyn Campbell
Chris Sugg
Sasquatch
Bill Erickson
G Cooper
Dominic Crolius
havokeachday
Penny McLoughlin
Mehron Kugler
Julia Winter, world's slowest mosaic artist
Pasquale DeAngelis
Greg Martin
Mark
Sean Benedict
Rita Bliden
Dana Martin
Candace Dahlk
Keith Kuhnsman
Eric Tolbert
Matthew Stone
Nuno Marta
Polly Jayne Smyth
Opalyn Brenger
ellen fisher
Eliot Mason
Katie Young
Ivar Vasara
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Nathan Hale
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