I like them so much, I have two!
One either end of my propertyđđ»
I love sitting in front of a wood fire as much as anyone, and I grew up with several in our very old house. I was gutted when the one in our current house was condemned!
But.
They are terrible for the environment.
They are terrible for your health.
Thatâs not personal gripe or a crusade. Just scientifically verified facts.
In certain geographical conditions they can also be anti -social did to the chimney smoke not dissipating.
I think disagreement and counter views are still allowed?
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The thread title reads wood burners.
Very friendly post by the way. Full of emotive, colourful language, straight out of the âmodernâ internet playbook, such as âcrusadeâ and âhijackedâ 
Youâd think so. Sometimes I think much of society goes around in a self perpetuating bubble with everyone agreeing with them, and get ratty when someone donât share their view. Enter my world, no one agrees with me lol, but like you correctly said, counter views etc. We all donât agree about everything 
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Epic pic of your cat. Looks like he/sheâs goofing around, playing 
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I took ours out, as much as I liked the look, feel and smell (if not the dust and the need to feed the thing), I figured that if we were going to inhale carcinogens every day, Iâd get more pleasure from smoking (although sadly I donât do that either).
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I remember when Energy Performance Certificates first came out I had to train up to do them, endured endless lectures and found out a strange anomaly.
For all the hoo-ha about burning wood, locally sourced, dry hardwood had the lowest carbon footprint, compared with oil and gas from the other side of the world and the processing costs. All due to proximity.
However, open, solid fuel fires were scored particularly low because they are inefficient, with most of the heat going up the chimney. Thatâs less of an issue with closed front wood burners but the insulated flues donât save much heat. They are there to combat temperature gradients within the flue from bottom to top, which would slow down the extraction of waste gases.
Donât use new or wet wood. It lowers the combustion temperature and will leave residues in the flue. Softwoods leave creosote in the flue. My neighbour is an âI burn damp logs, they last longerâ advocate. I wonder if thatâs what those brown stains are on my window sills - creosote?
On the odd occasions Iâve had an open fire I used a room HEPA air filter. It gets most of the tiny particles. I still use it if the neighbours are electing another Pope and I can smell it in the house.
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Cat Nuts roasting on an open fire !! - haha
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Sorry, female cat, but I do get the idea 
Our short-haired dogs used to lie in front of the portable three-bar electric fire, blissfully dreaming they were toasting in hot midday African summer sunshine instead of the reality of chilly winter.
When the singeing smell was too much for us to bear, and wisps of smoke began to appear, weâd take pity and nudge the grilled one to roast his other side.
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I would like to have seen that.
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Post deleted because it provokes silly commentsâ
I install them hate the things
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As for burning petrol for funâŠ
Surely itâs time we all bought an EV because the internal combustion engine is so polluting. Thank goodness the ICE will soon be bannedâŠ
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The irony is that when we cleaned up the atmosphere from particulates after WW2 it accelerated global warming, as the pollution was deflecting the rays of the sun.
Remember how clear the skies were during Lockdown. That must have had the same effect.
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As I recall. the Ozone âHoleâ above North America shrank ( good) by circa 4% or summat due to temporary post 911 No Fly rules. JUst goes to show how hard Mother Earth will reward given a start. If My memory of the % is wrong, please correct.
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And for once it wasnât me, either lol
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My grip with âlogâ burners isnât so much the eco stuff, itâs how a previously fine neighbourhood now smells rank with smoke, hurting the eyes, âashâ looking stuff on my ND (light coloured), canât put clothes outside on the line, and can sit watching strickly âit takes twoâ and suddenly know that someone in the street just put their heating on. So my âprincipledâ stance is I donât buy one, and highlight their impact on my own life.
Concerning EVâs whilst of course there are arguments concerning the true econess of an EV over its entire lifetime, I too say if it bothers you so much, and you thank goodness theyâll be banned soon (âICEâ cars), I say good on you, so maybe itâs time to take a principled stand and sell your MX-5. Maybe photograph the selling as a way to celebrate getting rid of it and all itâs âICEâ?