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The site mentions sustainability but then shows a wood burning stove. If everyone on earth who needed to cook or heat a home used wood things would be far worse

The site mentions sustainability but then shows a wood burning stove. If everyone on earth who needed to cook or heat a home used wood things would be far worse than using gas.

karaterobot 4y ago
But if you have property with trees on it, burning wood is very sustainable. An acre of trees produces a cord of wood a year, sustainably.
- joshka 4y ago
  I was curious about the relationship between number of people on the planet vs acres of forest. Turns out there's enough forest for about 1.24 acres per person. That was close enough to 1 to be interesting.
- sneak 4y ago
  It's not sustainable in terms of health. Woodsmoke is terribly bad for human beings. https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-fireplace-delusion https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-fireplace-delusion
  - camgunz 4y ago
    Wood burning heaters are really common in tiny house builds, but yeah I'm skeptical that they're all sealed and vented properly, and that doesn't help at all with the outdoor air pollution. Generally bad idea, I agree.
  - tweetle_beetle 4y ago
    This product is a hut without sanitation for people with significant disposible income. It is clearly not designed as a permanent dwelling. The stove in the marketing photos is very small and has a door. Without disputing smoke not being great for you, I think it's safe to say this is not a context anyone should be losing sleep over.
SenHeng 4y ago
There’s been a boom in outdoors living, camping as well as DIY cabins in Japan the past decade, and with these comes the all too familiar wood stove as part of the imagery. Many professionals I’ve spoken to advise against the wood stove, because it complicates contruction, is a huge fire hazard in a neighbourhood of wooden houses and not really economical at heating a dwelling. But it looks cool (present imagery of American country side) so it sells.
mft_ 4y ago
Burning wood from a managed forest is close to carbon neutral; burning gas definitely isn’t. The points others make about the health dangers of woodsmoke are well taken; but from a sustainability perspective, burning gas is worse than ‘good’ wood.

The site mentions sustainability but then shows a wood burning stove. If everyone on earth who needed to cook or heat a home used wood things would be far worse than using gas.

karaterobot 4y ago

But if you have property with trees on it, burning wood is very sustainable. An acre of trees produces a cord of wood a year, sustainably.

joshka 4y ago
I was curious about the relationship between number of people on the planet vs acres of forest. Turns out there's enough forest for about 1.24 acres per person. That was close enough to 1 to be interesting.
sneak 4y ago
It's not sustainable in terms of health. Woodsmoke is terribly bad for human beings. https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-fireplace-delusion https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-fireplace-delusion
- camgunz 4y ago
  Wood burning heaters are really common in tiny house builds, but yeah I'm skeptical that they're all sealed and vented properly, and that doesn't help at all with the outdoor air pollution. Generally bad idea, I agree.
- tweetle_beetle 4y ago
  This product is a hut without sanitation for people with significant disposible income. It is clearly not designed as a permanent dwelling. The stove in the marketing photos is very small and has a door. Without disputing smoke not being great for you, I think it's safe to say this is not a context anyone should be losing sleep over.

SenHeng 4y ago

There’s been a boom in outdoors living, camping as well as DIY cabins in Japan the past decade, and with these comes the all too familiar wood stove as part of the imagery. Many professionals I’ve spoken to advise against the wood stove, because it complicates contruction, is a huge fire hazard in a neighbourhood of wooden houses and not really economical at heating a dwelling. But it looks cool (present imagery of American country side) so it sells.

mft_ 4y ago

Burning wood from a managed forest is close to carbon neutral; burning gas definitely isn’t. The points others make about the health dangers of woodsmoke are well taken; but from a sustainability perspective, burning gas is worse than ‘good’ wood.