We do burn wood, and plan to continue. Let's hope that our "clean-burn" stove does a better job than the open fire in the example.
It would be interesting to know the facts behind the article. For example smoke inhalation is a problem in third world homes where the fire is used for cooking and heating and ventilation is poor, as opposed to a western home with an enclosed stove and a high chimney.
If wood burning is a problem then we need to address this, as there seems a huge push at least in the marketplace for wood stoves. Wood stove selling shops are popping up all over the place, and we even see wood pellet heating systems advertised as "green".
(Eeek, LiveJournal has decided I'm French. Perhaps because I'm having to do this in Firefox as Chrome doesn't work with Twitter authentication, and I've been doing localisation testing in Firefox so probably have it set to French.)
Re: The Fireplace Delusion : Sam Harris
It would be interesting to know the facts behind the article. For example smoke inhalation is a problem in third world homes where the fire is used for cooking and heating and ventilation is poor, as opposed to a western home with an enclosed stove and a high chimney.
If wood burning is a problem then we need to address this, as there seems a huge push at least in the marketplace for wood stoves. Wood stove selling shops are popping up all over the place, and we even see wood pellet heating systems advertised as "green".
(Eeek, LiveJournal has decided I'm French. Perhaps because I'm having to do this in Firefox as Chrome doesn't work with Twitter authentication, and I've been doing localisation testing in Firefox so probably have it set to French.)