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Wood burner (that also heats hot water) and a newspaper brick press thing. He and his wife collect 30-40 free papers each day on their commute to/from London. Wet and press them into bricks and store them to dry and then be burned.
Saves them ~£500 a year on fuel bills they claim.
Greenbank-
Interesting! Gotta look up that press
Isn't newspaper paper + the paint quite toxic when you burn it though? Or will a modern efficient wood burner take care of that?
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Let's say the extra hassle takes them 20 minutes per work day - about 30 seconds per paper for collection and brickification - so conservatively 50 hours/year. That's saving £10/hr of effort, which is okay. Then add the cost of storing the bricks, the potentially carcinogenic fumes, the additional local PM2.5/10 source, the depriving of commuters of reading material, the manhours and expense incurred in the additional newspaper production/transport (passed on to commuters?), the weird looks you'll get, and it doesn't really seem like a good idea overall
I bet they still pay the gas standing charge too which is a sunk cost and half the monthly bill in my case
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their commute to/from London.
£££.
kboy
frankenbike
edscoble
How does he do it?