KEEPING WARM 
lector provides for automatic cutoff in 
the warm season when the sun rises and 
sets toward the north and passes nearly 
through the zenith. On a clear winter 
midday, this heater typically produces a 
temperature rise of 60 degrees (from 
60° to 120°) in air flowing at a rate of 
seventy-five cubic feet per minute; this 
represents more heat than is delivered 
by a one-kilowatt electric heater. On 
practically all sunny winter days the 
solar heater alone assures comfort in the 
8' by 10' room it serves, and while it is in 
operation, the propane stove in the ad- 
joining dining room is either turned 
down very low or turned off. With the 
use of some recycled components, this 
solar heater was built for less than $100. 
The economic effects of our conserva- 
tion efforts are illustrated by data on our 
use of propane and electricity, especially 
in relation to the expansion of facilities 
on my farm. When my wife and I moved 
into our farmhouse in September 1974, 
it comprised 850 square feet. We added 
650 square feet during 1975. In 1976, 
we built a 720-square-foot guest cottage 
and we have also installed new irrigation 
and refrigeration units. Propane deliver- 
ies were 905 gallons in 1975, partly a 
result of heavy usage during 1974. In 
1979, following the coldest winter on 
record in central Oklahoma, when tem- 
peratures from December 1978 through 
February 1979 averaged about 31°, as 
compared with the usual 39°, 736 gal- 
lons of propane were delivered; in 1980, 
only 330 gallons. Annual usage of elec- 
tricity was 8,070 kilowatt hours in 1975, 
and peaked at 9,515 kilowatt hours in 
1977. During 1980, usage was only 
7,509 kilowatt hours, in spite of a sum- 
mer even hotter than the hottest of dust- 
bowl days, with temperatures averaging 
near 88° instead of about 82° and re- 
quiring heavy use of fans, refrigerators, 
and water pumps. Our use of electricity 
and propane in 1981 up to this writing 
has continued at satisfactorily low lev- 
els. And since we installed the wood- 
burning stove, we have, of course, used 
wood — about two cords per year. (Sum- 
mer usage of electricity has been kept 
low by means of evaporative coolers and 
solar devices.) 
With electric bills of approximately 
$30 per month and expenditures of 
about $200 per year for propane, our 
energy costs are substantially below 
those of less energy efficient houses; at 
the same time we are living in as much, 
or perhaps even more, comfort than 
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