Cost of living crisis

[jeremyp]

Or how about a good old fashioned fireplace? The better the house insulation, the smaller the carbon footprint.

"White man damn fool — builds great big fire and have to get a long ways from it. Indian builds a little fire and sets around it."  - Indian chief.

Fireplaces are extremely polluting.

[Spud]

Fireplaces are extremely polluting.

And inefficient. Wood burners look like a good alternative.

[Aruntraveller]

And inefficient. Wood burners look like a good alternative.

There still seems to be quite a lot of concerns about the environmental impacts of these despite tighter restrictions. See this report from Which:

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/wood-burning-stoves/article/wood-burning-stoves-what-you-need-to-know/stoves-and-pollution-aIPXC8g7lbu5

Perhaps a little more impartial than a commercial enterprise like Direct Stoves.