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Mistress Rose wrote: |
As an aside, George Mombiot wrote an article in the Guardian saying he wished in retrospect that he had bought a gas boiler rather than 3 wood burning stoves. Can't think why he wants 3 as we manage quite well with one. I don't think it produces more particulates than the road outside, and it doesn't trigger problems for either my husband or son whos triggers appear to be cigarette smoke and some perfumes respectively. |
It's tempting to dismiss the paper and source but it's another thing I find curious as the data often doesn't stack up with these articles.
Firstly I agree with you, we heat our house, heat some water and do most of our cooking on a single wood burner. It's also common knowledge you shouldn't slumber them, burn them hot and if you must slumber make sure you only turn them down on embers. I don't get any black smoke from our chimney and no noticeable smoke after about 5 mins after lighting and that's with an older stove and older uninsulated chimney. We also have work to do on our insulation and could get our home cut wood a bit drier, I've no idea what he's doing to have so many problems - perhaps he should learn a bit more before preaching.
As for the particulates, there's been some rather dodgy research done seemingly to bring in the new law for wood sales. Subsequently sumwhat disproven I'm also a bit suspicious of the claims for household particulates with woodburners as people don't seem to be able record anywhere near the levels claimed. Again it's noticeable that open fires and bonfires are often overlooked as a source, plenty of people (including those less well off) still use open fires.
I'm also curious about his comments on the source of his wood and claims that road contractors cut more 'zealously'. It would be nice to see some proof to back that up, I know some contractors and most material is chipped and left at the side of the road. They are very well paid and firewood, even at today's prices, wouldn't be worth dealing with. The council's round here have decided to clear more roadside trees, possibly down to ash die back so I wonder if he's just made a dodgy assumption?
Having said all that, I would be interested in proper research to see if I can improve our set up at all. |
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