[BiglyCommentary]

Nothing like a hopper fed coal stove that doesn’t need AC and you have a ton or two of coal on premises. That is a very warm and fuzzy.

[a fool in paradise]

Where do I put that in my apartment?

[bert]

——hopper fed ——

Electricity powers the hopper

being hopper fed, shoveling is thus not possible when the power is off

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Back in the day, growing up in Queens, we had a coal furnace and steam heat. There was a coal bin in the basement, basically a 10’ x 10’ room full of coal. My father had to shovel coal into the furnance in the morning to get heat. And shovel out the ash. Happiest day of his life is when we converted to natural gas.

I still remember the coal truck, a regular fixture.