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In my country people leave their wood burner running all winter regardless of the weather. People are never going to turn it off just because of weather condit
by 7952 6y ago
In my country people leave their wood burner running all winter regardless of the weather. People are never going to turn it off just because of weather conditions.
And there is moralising on the other side of the argument, it is just less explicit. The old fashioned "natural" manliness of chopping and burning wood is definitely considered virtuous by a lot of people. Maybe this is restricted to middle class though.
- strogonoff 6y agoThe existence of people for whom burning wood is the only way to heat their homes in winter now does not preclude the possibility of a future where people can choose to use thermoelectric facilities for cooking or (in winter) heating when weather allows, and use electricity from other sources (batteries or mains) at other times. (In my view there is hardly anything especially manly or romantic in buying fuel for a modern pellet stove. As far as I know unless one literally owns a forest one can’t legally go around chopping down trees in most countries. Chopping may be a good exercise though.)