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Post by Sunny Boy » Sun. Feb. 23, 2020 12:43 pm

Here's an interesting video about how some of the Brits still use coal on their canal barges.


Enjoy.

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Post by freetown fred » Sun. Feb. 23, 2020 1:09 pm

Interesting!! Nice find Paul. Ya need to get a job or SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

 
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Post by franco b » Sun. Feb. 23, 2020 5:29 pm

Nice video.

 
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Post by Hambden Bob » Sun. Feb. 23, 2020 7:25 pm

Thanx,Paully! They'd have You think that this isn't happening today! Whoops&Surprise!!

 
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Post by David... » Wed. Feb. 26, 2020 3:06 pm

I noticed some of the coal was anthracite.

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Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Feb. 27, 2020 12:47 am

David... wrote:
Wed. Feb. 26, 2020 3:06 pm
I noticed some of the coal was anthracite.

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Yup, might even be some Pennsylvania black gold. Great Britain imports quite a lot of coal from the USA.

And GB has a coal use history that goes back to at least the time of when the Romans were there.

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Post by David... » Thu. Feb. 27, 2020 11:40 am

According to Wikipedia most of the UK anthracite comes from Europe and Russia.

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Post by NoSmoke » Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 8:43 am

You wonder if that is a normal situation, or if it made a human interest story because it is something seldom seen?

Like they will do a news story on horse logging, and the way it is done you think there are still people using horses to commercially log, and it is but one guy in the whole state of Maine doing it, and he is starving to death.

But coal is funny. I talked with a nurses yesterday and she was shocked when I said I burned coal. So did she, and but that is how it works in Maine, plenty of people burn coal, but few admit to it.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 3:49 pm

Plenty of people around here using coal and growing in number. So much so that two Tractor Supply stores, each within ten miles of me, plus two other coal dealers within 4 miles have popped up in the past few years and all are doing well.

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Post by David... » Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 4:03 pm

Kind of hard to justify burning coal here when oil is cheap this year. Tractor Supply coal this year is the worst I have ever seen.

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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 5:01 pm

Not sure what you consider cheap oil, but coal is far cheaper here. That's why so many are switching over to coal stoves. and why more coal dealers have sprung up within ten miles or less - all doing a good business.

Back when fuel oil was $2.50 a gallon I was saving several thousand dollars a winter using coal and an electric furnace.

Now, it's closer to $3.00 a gallon. With the second coal stove that I started using two years ago and because of it, needing less electric heat, I've saved even more.

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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 5:37 pm

Coal has been used on small boats for a long time because boats don't have a lot of room for storage. It doesn't take up much space. Boat galleys and their stoves tend to be small, so it burns longer than wood. It's safer to have on board than volatile fuels, and you don't have to worry about it getting wet. If you've ever lived onboard a boat, keeping things dry is not easy when your "house" is in a damp environment 24/7.

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Post by NoSmoke » Sat. Feb. 29, 2020 6:13 am

Sunny Boy wrote:
Fri. Feb. 28, 2020 5:37 pm
If you've ever lived onboard a boat, keeping things dry is not easy when your "house" is in a damp environment 24/7.
My first wife's family owned a lobster pound so I spent plenty of time on lobster boats. But the lobstermen always used "Smudge Pots" which were small fuel oil heaters to keep the cabs warm in the winter.
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sat. Feb. 29, 2020 9:02 am

Coal stoves were more common of sail boats - even as late as WWII. No risk of wood sparks setting fire to the sails. And if the stove got out of hand water was an easy stopper.

My brother's two master was built in the 1940's by Casey in Massachusetts. Designed with a small coal range in the galley. Behind and under the range was the coal bin - filled through a deck plate on the port side, next to the cabin. When you consider that coal only takes up about 1/4 the space of wood and burns more than twice as long,... wet or dry, it's no surprise why Shipmate stoves and their competition were so popular in live-aboard wooden boats.

Previous owner sailed it around Newfoundland - which even in summer is some cold waters. He told my brother that little coal stove kept the salon, head, and the forward cabin nice and warm.

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Post by David... » Sat. Feb. 29, 2020 9:45 am

I buy coal bagged and it is $339/ton. Oil is now at $2.52/gallon. I have few choices for where to buy coal. Where coal is cheaper it is obviously a better choice.


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