Compost heat

Hi Tom,
Maybe I am spending way too much time out in my garden but I had an idea.
What if there was some confined way to capture the heat in my compost pile
(which usually runs from 104 to 122 degrees F) to heat my home. There are
may ways to maintain the C:N ratio just by what you add to the pile. And
these items are all around us whether from the yard or kitchen. What do you
think? I have some great ideas. Let me know if you want to hear them.
Rpkatelin,
Bucksport, Maine

Hi,
That is a great idea. There was some work done on this in France a while
ago.
To heat your home, you would need a very big compost heap.
Your garden compost heap is hot because it is only losing a little heat to
the environment this time of year.
It has been done, but has to be extraordinarily large. The neighbors would
not like it.
Tom