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I think wood is considerably worse in the local area, probably enough-worse that it's better not to do it at all unless you're quite remote. Honestly, this bus
by mikepurvis 5y ago
I think wood is considerably worse in the local area, probably enough-worse that it's better not to do it at all unless you're quite remote.
Honestly, this business about people in suburban environments burning wood for heat is news to me— are there like actual high efficiency wood burning furnaces [1] people are using for this? Or is it single-room solutions like a Franklin stove or open fireplace? The only time I've encountered an open indoor fire has been at Christmas at Grandma's house, and that was always for ambience more than heat— most of the heat was going straight up the chimney, and that was despite it making the room smell like smoke for the next two days.
[1]: For example: https://www.drolet.ca/en/products/furnaces/heat-commander-wood-furnace/ https://www.drolet.ca/en/products/furnaces/heat-commander-wo...
- reducesuffering 5y agoMy suburban place came with a wood pellet burning fireplace for (mostly) a single room. My partner staying warm by running that costs about half the price of natural gas heating the whole place. Would be interested in ways to calculate emissions based on how many lbs/kgs of wood pellets vs. therms of nat. gas.