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Not to mention wood fireplaces in the home and the noxious byproducts they produce is likely to shorten your lifespan considerably.

wing-_-nuts 5y ago
Bah. Freezing to death in an ice storm can also 'shorten your lifespan considerably'. There's damned good reason to want a simple, off grid means of heating your home if you lose power.
johtso 5y ago
This is not the case when using modern wood burning stoves though right?
- stevekemp 5y ago
  Apparently they're not as great as people have been thinking https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/18/wood-burners-triple-harmful-indoor-air-pollution-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/18/wood-bur...
- mikeyouse 5y ago
  Or wood burning fireplace inserts that draw combustion air from outside and expel the fumes/combustion byproducts outside as well. Not ideal for local air quality, but essentially eliminates indoor pollution from them.
  - sidewndr46 5y ago
    Well sure, if you are the only person for miles that uses a fireplace. Additionally, I think people who are outdoors still have to breathe air.
    - mikeyouse 5y ago
      To that point -- last summer, my friends moved from a mountain town under constant threat of wildfire to a pleasant spot by a lake in the Midwest -- their new neighbor keeps a fire burning 24/7, so they still get to enjoy the terrible air quality all winter long.
- elmolino89 5y ago
  Unless it does turn wood into a pure gas without a trace of sulfur, silica etc. it must emit such stuff. Or it comes with filters cleaning fine particles, nitric oxide etc. In the end it does emit CO2.
  - c2h5oh 5y ago
    Wood pellets largely solve this.
beaconstudios 5y ago
the smoke goes up the chimney.
- notahacker 5y ago
  Most of the smoke goes up the chimney. You still open it to light, relight and sweep away the ash and in that time you're going to breathe in some smoke or dust particles which you ideally shouldn't Mine's gone out...

wing-_-nuts 5y ago

Bah. Freezing to death in an ice storm can also 'shorten your lifespan considerably'. There's damned good reason to want a simple, off grid means of heating your home if you lose power.

johtso 5y ago

This is not the case when using modern wood burning stoves though right?

stevekemp 5y ago
Apparently they're not as great as people have been thinking https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/18/wood-burners-triple-harmful-indoor-air-pollution-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/18/wood-bur...
mikeyouse 5y ago
Or wood burning fireplace inserts that draw combustion air from outside and expel the fumes/combustion byproducts outside as well. Not ideal for local air quality, but essentially eliminates indoor pollution from them.
- sidewndr46 5y ago
  Well sure, if you are the only person for miles that uses a fireplace. Additionally, I think people who are outdoors still have to breathe air.
  - mikeyouse 5y ago
    To that point -- last summer, my friends moved from a mountain town under constant threat of wildfire to a pleasant spot by a lake in the Midwest -- their new neighbor keeps a fire burning 24/7, so they still get to enjoy the terrible air quality all winter long.
elmolino89 5y ago
Unless it does turn wood into a pure gas without a trace of sulfur, silica etc. it must emit such stuff. Or it comes with filters cleaning fine particles, nitric oxide etc. In the end it does emit CO2.
- c2h5oh 5y ago
  Wood pellets largely solve this.

beaconstudios 5y ago

the smoke goes up the chimney.

notahacker 5y ago
Most of the smoke goes up the chimney. You still open it to light, relight and sweep away the ash and in that time you're going to breathe in some smoke or dust particles which you ideally shouldn't Mine's gone out...