Good evening @MrsStrowman.
Oh my, I guess the truth really does hurt. I guess you didn't do your due diligence when you had yours fitted?
Have you consulted your neighbours about how they feel about you poisoning their air with PM2.5 particulates? Read the reports - one of them is by DEFRA themselves! PM2.5 particulates are the most harmful form of air pollution and domestic wood burning is responsible for a hugely disproportionate volume of them.
I speak as somebody who's property is surrounded by wood stoves and knows all to well just how wood burning makes you a prisoner in your own home for 6 months of the year.
I am not sure how your childish attempt at insults are relevant either. Factory produced vegan food requires a lot of manufacturing process throughout the whole supply chain due to the highly processed ingredients - far more than non vegan food so is in fact incredibly bad for the environment.
And oh yes, the reason we are in this mess is because the likes of DEFRA listened to the green lobby. Wood burning has become a problem precisely because of the green groups.
You don't have to be an eco-weenie to desire clean air, you just need a modicum of common sense, which is clearly beyond your comprehension. After all breathing is just a little important...
My husband's asthma has been terrible the last couple of years over winter since wood burning in our neighbourhood became commonplace. And as a responsible parent I am concerned for the health of my daughter when playing out in winter because of wood smoke.
You carry on burning wood @MrsStrowman while you still can. And when you do decide to educate yourself as to the dangers, please feel free to look back on your own comments around wood burning with a different insight.
If my comments persuade just one person not to have one of these hateful contraptions installed before than ban then job done.
If you like to present some facts to counter the argument (stove industry marketing drivel is not factual) then I will gladly consider them.