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A single high efficiency wood heater can fill a valley with visible smoke. I can't believe that breathing that density of smoke can be healthy. The valley I live in is full of smoke from mid spring through to new years, I wonder how many are killed by that smoke
@psud @Tau so you live in a valley with exactly 1 modern wood heater do you? Hyperbole much..
The valley I live in holds thousands of houses, there are hundreds of fires during colder parts of the year
Every now and then we get seriously thick smoke from the coast on the sea breeze
I have been to rural areas where the density is far less and have seen a single house's chimney fill a valley in still air
@psud ok so you don’t know for a fact they’re using a modern high-efficiency wood heater like you said earlier… hence my hyperbole comment.
There are absolutely people who should not be operating wood stoves, but there are also a lot of people who should not get behind the wheel of a car. Banning something unfairly punishes those who use the thing responsibly.
I have also heard about it from an Australian science radio show. It's not just my ideas