Le Loup
Settler
Very sorry to hear that Robson, a hell of a place to be. Leaves you with very little choice. I have some fair days when I am able to do a wood chore (cancer medication), on the bad days my younger wife has to do my chores, I hate it, but it is what it is.I used to. Next best fuel option here is a compressed wood pellet stove. We have 18,000,000 ha standing dead/cracked junk pine from a super pine beetle infestation (Dendroctonus sp.) The pellet people can use that junk as ideal feed stock.
Pinnacle sells mile-long container trains all the way across Canada and the Atlantic to the Scandinavians. They know cheap fuel when they see it.
I ran a Harman P38++pellet stove for heat for more than 10 years. Fantastic appliance for soft gentle heat and warm floors.
Then my legs gave out (up and down the stairs to feed the stove.) Post Op 2019, I can't lift anything at all heavy to stay alive. So I recovered 70% of my capital cost when I sold the stove. Really hated to see that go.
I regret my current dependence on fossil fuels. No choice. I expect to fall off my perch in the next 10-15 years so I won't be a burden on Climate Change.
Best of luck Robson, hang in there.
Take care & stay safe.
Regards, Keith.