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Maybe there is no right answer. We each do what we can within the areas we can control. I think the payoff of having a tiny footprint on a boat probably evens it all out.
But I do think, if wood burners demand so much attention, shouldn’t aviation?
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Heathrow airport is the UK’s single biggest polluter. London is the most exposed city in the world to air pollution from aviation. So as well as putting health warnings on wood burners, how about we also put health warnings on airline tickets?
Jane Austen’s sister and mother were called Cassandra.
The Great Exhibition was held in Hyde Park in 1851.
But there are pretty good reasons for me to have it:
> It’s the only method I have of heating my home
> I use properly seasoned wood
> I am often moored in the countryside away from other people
> This model has the highest rating of efficiency
> I always put on another jumper before another log
It’s writing day on Slow Gin and the fire’s going strong. And a story’s just popped up on my feed about how bad wood burners are and how they will soon have health warnings attached.
This makes me feel guilty. In every other aspect of my life I try to keep my impact low: