i think bc is making it illegal for new homes to be built with wood burning fireplaces and existing homes with wood burning fireplaces must be registered...nice pile you got!
@beermeplease In densely populated areas poorly designed wood burners cause significant pollution and health problems. Apparently this is a problem in the UK where energy prices are high and people install any old burner and then burn poor quality wood that hasn't been properly dried. Where they get the wood from is a mystery to me; it's not as if there is a lot of forest left in the UK and also most people don't have a lot of space to stack a couple of years worth of wood and the climate makes it hard to keep it dry.
You can still install wood burners here in Norway but they have to meet fairly stringent standards and most of the people who use them are outside the most densely populate areas. We have a ready supply of wood and more space to stack it to dry and on this side of the country, the east, the humidity is fairly low so keeping it dry is not so difficult.
@ninalanyon Yes it's not a clean energy source. Most woodstoves/burners are now much cleaner because they have a double burn system, but they are still a dirty energy source.
