This is from an England perspective where smog has occurred in the past.
2006-10-12 05:40:14 · 20 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I live in a rural area of America where many people (including me) heat with wood-burning stoves. I can heat my house for a fraction of what it would cost by any other method. Strange? Not at all!
2006-10-12 05:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. I grew up in a 13th Century thatched cottage in North Bucks which has a huge log burning fireplace. Does a much better job of heatingthe house and water than central heating, plus being able to sit at watch the flames is extremely mesmerising. Try it sometime.
And yes, log buring stoves are sustainable. Coal however is a dirty filthy fuel which is better off below ground, where it belongs.
2006-10-12 12:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by BushRaider69 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots of them out here in the sticks - you need a backup in case of power cuts etc. You'd be amazed how much heat a quarter ton of cast iron gives off when it gets hot!
Just for the interest, logs are now referred to as 'Biomass'
From one point of view, using biomass is environmentally friendly, as the CO2 absorbed by the wood when it was growing is released back into the atmosphere, so the CO2 balance remains the same, as against gas, where burning creates CO2 that didn't exist before.
Smogs were created mainly by burning fossil fuels, not biomass, although you can use coal on a woodburner. I understand that pollution depends on the type of coal used, but that our current coals are much cleaner than before......
2006-10-13 07:37:47 · answer #3 · answered by Graham B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smog has occured here in the states too, its just a matter of burning whatever fuel you use cleanly, and filtering whatever particles are emitted. The wood pellet stoves now are supposed to burn very cleanly and emit very little particulate pollution. For a couple extra bucks the coal powered power plants that are spewing out tons of pollutants here could become much cleaner, maybe when bush leaves office with his tail between his legs someone will start cleaning up.
2006-10-12 12:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by rand a 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. I wish I could use something like that. I have natural gas and the price has gone up triple. My heating bill used to be around a hundred dollars a month. All last winter my cheapest bill was $222.00. OUCH And that was keeping my thermostat all the way down to 68 degrees and I froze all winter long.
2006-10-12 12:48:26 · answer #5 · answered by sparkie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. Smog has occurred in many, many countries - and indeed still does in many also. It is not ONLY caused by people burning a fire in their fireplace
There are also smokeless fuels available - and in a lot of towns and cities you will only be allowed to use those.
2006-10-12 12:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by Sally J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not strange at all, actually a great idea if we could go back in time and change alot of modern convienenses back .Ozone global warming etc., might just be myths today.
2006-10-12 12:51:11 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lovely,I wish some of the old was back,there are however smokeless coals available.
2006-10-12 12:43:46 · answer #8 · answered by edison 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In modern society it depends if the resource is sustainable. Ie replanting trees. Coal has had its day though.
2006-10-12 12:42:42 · answer #9 · answered by jay_w_uk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My friend has a log fire place and we live on a normal road in west london. Was that a sufficient answer?
2006-10-12 12:42:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋