Why must people burn wood???

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Anonymous wrote:Oh really love the smell of woodsmoke in the fall, even if I'm not the one enjoying the fire. It's a really lovely smell.

You must love smelling burnt meat and cigarette smoke too.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Solo Stove (didn't everyone buy these during the pandemic???) and we use it for a firepit maybe 4-5 times a year for neighborhood parties. It sincerely never occurred to me that it was bothersome.

I thought those didn’t produce much smoke? We almost bought one during that time period.

I use a chimney starter for my charcoal grill and that smokes like crazy. It must be the fuel because a solo stove is essentially a big chimney starter.

They're a bit cleaner, but certainly not smokeless. Much of the perceived benefit comes from directing the smoke (and heat) straight up.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you OP?! Are you actually seriously suggesting making a fire to cozy up to for families is a problem given the other 1000000 prob we have? Is this a joke?!

New poster.

I am not the op but she is right! You people who just burn wood for no reason are literally causing the climate crisis! Stop it! You stupid stupid MAGAs!

Science illiteracy… there is a short term carbon cycle, which includes photosynthesis, plant growth, decomposition and cellular respiration. That cycle does not contribute to “the climate crisis.” Bringing “new” carbon into the atmosphere from long term sinks is what you would be concerned about. Burning a log is part of the former.

Another stupid MAGA!

Ha ha - I teach AP Environmental Science, with an advanced degree. I think I can figure out whether a campfire is an existential problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh really love the smell of woodsmoke in the fall, even if I'm not the one enjoying the fire. It's a really lovely smell.

You must love smelling burnt meat and cigarette smoke too.

No, those are different things. You do see those are different?

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Solo Stove (didn't everyone buy these during the pandemic???) and we use it for a firepit maybe 4-5 times a year for neighborhood parties. It sincerely never occurred to me that it was bothersome.

It's not bothersome to anyone but OP.

Yes it is, you stupid, selfish MAGA !

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Anonymous wrote:Maria, from our old neighbourhood, is that you?

Man, I do NOT miss how you used to call the DC fire dep't when we would have a barbeque or small backyard fire, pretending you saw smoke and 'thought there was an uncontrolled fire'. You wasted city resources because you wanted to have control over what we did in our yard.

Not pouting because you weren't invited, looking away and enjoying your own home IS an option.

No, her name was Elizabeth. She finally moved, but one reason I never got involved with the neighborhood association was she was only 3 blocks away and had become the secretary.

When the firemen agreed the pit was legal (and not used all that often) she tried to go to the building inspectors and they sent me a cease and desist letter. I wrote back pointing out the city ordinance that put the fire chief, not them, in charge of backyard fires and that was the last I heard of the fire dept, the building inspector, or Elizabeth about it, since she moved not long after that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are you OP?! Are you actually seriously suggesting making a fire to cozy up to for families is a problem given the other 1000000 prob we have? Is this a joke?!

New poster.

I am not the op but she is right! You people who just burn wood for no reason are literally causing the climate crisis! Stop it! You stupid stupid MAGAs!

Science illiteracy… there is a short term carbon cycle, which includes photosynthesis, plant growth, decomposition and cellular respiration. That cycle does not contribute to “the climate crisis.” Bringing “new” carbon into the atmosphere from long term sinks is what you would be concerned about. Burning a log is part of the former.

I agree.

And obviously using wood for daily cooking and heat by the population creates huge problems including deforestation (which was what happened to england so they started burning coal) and is a major health hazard. But it is the fossil fuels that are causing forests to go up in smoke.

[Anonymous]

We have a cabin out in the Shenandoah with a Vermont Castings wood stove. I get that thing roaring hot with a massive fire an it gets the cabin warm and cozy. I love it.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a deep sensory pleasure with the warmth of a fire, the scent of the smoke, the crackling of the logs, watching tiny sparks floating into the night.

Even better if I am sitting next to a friend sharing a laugh and a beverage, or a cuddly dog.

This. The atavistic pleasure of a wood fire is better than most drugs I've tried. I wish I had a fireplace at home. Or maybe not, bc I'd never leave and I'd bankrupt myself on really good firewood. Not the wet junky stuff... really good, seasoned hardwood.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m going out to my farm this weekend and burning an old tractor tire in OP’s honor. I was going to donate it to a CrossFit gym, but apparently they don’t use actual tractor tires because they’re too heavy - they use fake ones specifically made for CrossFit! That’s hilarious! Anyways, I’m gonna drag it out to the middle of one of the pastures, pour a jug of diesel all over it, and burn it in op’s honor.

It's hard to light diesel. Mix in a little gas.

Lol you beat me to it

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Anonymous wrote:We have a cabin out in the Shenandoah with a Vermont Castings wood stove. I get that thing roaring hot with a massive fire an it gets the cabin warm and cozy. I love it.

You are just a horrible horrible, MAGA !

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I grew up in a house with wood heat only. It was a lot of work but it was what we could afford.

I still love the smell, but don’t miss the mess! We have a fire pit but gas logs in the actual house.

We have acreage so we only burn trees that have come down on the property. It’s better to burn them than to, I don’t know, whatever people do with them otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a house with wood heat only. It was a lot of work but it was what we could afford.

I have relatives who live in Eastern Europe, in a part that gets really cold in winter. They and all their neighbors heat their houses with wood. It's cheap, and abundant.

Other energy options are expensive, especially natural gas, due to the embargo on importing from Russia. Electricity costs 2-3x what we pay here to Pepco, so electric heating isn't a viable option either.

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November is when I burn mine. I have a 55gal burn barrel in the back yard. Burn woods all day for a few days.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a cabin out in the Shenandoah with a Vermont Castings wood stove. I get that thing roaring hot with a massive fire an it gets the cabin warm and cozy. I love it.

You are just a horrible horrible, MAGA !

I'm a fire-loving liberal. Why? Because a lil home fire emits a few kg of CO2. A single freighter ship, the ones that bring you all that consumer garbage, emits tons of CO2 per hour. Literal tons. Think on that for a minute.

One hour's operation of one ship emits (according to google) 16-30 tons per hour.
1 ton = 907 kg.
1 ship, 1 hour = (low estimate) 14,512 kg of CO2. And there are thousands of cargo ships in operation at every minute of every day.

And you're mad about 5-10 kg from my lovely, comforting, nostalgia-smelling fire.


You understand so little, and overreact so wildly to some no-context info. And you are quick to fling insults around. Sounds kinda maga, tbh.