Why must people burn wood???

[Anonymous]

Op did you start a thread a few years ago about smelling fire pit fire in your windows from your neighbors home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op did you start a thread a few years ago about smelling fire pit fire in your windows from your neighbors home?

Nope, first time posting about this and also not that other poster’s neighbor. Other posts with the same view were from others too, not just me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not your property, not your business.

True.
Until the smoke leaves their property. Then it is other's business.

As do the fumes from your tailpipe, the micro plastics from wear from your tires, the emissions from generating the electricity that powers all your stuff.

Yep, since everything is harmful, the only solution is to go retreat from society and live in a cabin in the woods, right? (Which would probably mean burning wood, ha.) This argument that nothing matters so why bother about anything is unhelpful, as always in all contexts (environment, politics). Yes, I still drive my car (electric) and consume goods that are made in factories, doesn’t mean it’s pointless to refrain from further emitting smoke and pollutants for solely my own pure cozy feelings.

[Anonymous]

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.

I do understand this…it’s just something that imposes costs on others for your own enjoyment. Commenters who don’t care and think the environment and health concerns are ridiculous just typify a certain mindset.

What I don’t understand is people doing this the second the temps fall below 80.

[Anonymous]

OP is jealous they do not live in a domicile that allows for a fire pot or a fire place. Womp Womp.

[Anonymous]

Narcissists.

We took away their cigarettes and they needed another way to advertise that they are here, and they don't care about us breathing clean air

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not your property, not your business.

True.
Until the smoke leaves their property. Then it is other's business.

Other people don't matter. Only me.

[Anonymous]

The feral part of me craves a cozy fire. It deeply satisfying to gaze into and I love woodsmoke on my hair. The best conversations I’ve had with other folks and quiet time with myself have been experienced around a fire. So there’s also a lovely sensory memory.

[Anonymous]

I am curious (although not curious enough to look it up myself) about where the occasional outdoor fire ranks as a pollutant and cancer causing agent, as opposed to car emissions, industrial waste, etc. I'm guessing it's pretty low.

Also, Op, if you ever need a definition of Karen-like behavior - this is it. Do you also take baseballs from little kids at Phillies games?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I sympathize. I’ve never understood why people don’t consider the health risks of wood smoke. It has high amounts of fine particulate, not very good for anyone to breathe (and of course not good for the environment). There are several US cities that have banned fire pits etc I’ve noticed a trend on social media of health influencers warning against using scented candles, I wonder how many of them still sit around fire pits.

Yep. And I'm married to a wood-burning white person. He admits white people love wood fires. I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I do understand this…it’s just something that imposes costs on others for your own enjoyment. Commenters who don’t care and think the environment and health concerns are ridiculous just typify a certain mindset.

What I don’t understand is people doing this the second the temps fall below 80.

No, they (we) are just people who understand that the "environmental and health concerns" from an occasional wood burning campfire are so vanishingly small that worrying about it is both a waste of energy and exceedingly stupid. And the "cost to others" apparently is that you had to close your windows for a few hours. Are you OK? Was that traumatic? Are you suffering from PTSD? Shall we secure a counselor for you? Perhaps in-patient intervention?

If you'd just said you don't like wood smoke, people would sympathize, but tell you to mind your own business. You know this, so you tried to frame this as some sort of significant health issue, which is transparently BS, which makes you seen like both a busybody and an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Narcissists.

We took away their cigarettes and they needed another way to advertise that they are here, and they don't care about us breathing clean air

yeah people totally only started burning wood after "we took away their cigarettes."

That reminds me, I need to put another log into my fireplace. Be right back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Burning wood is not polluting. It releases the exact same amount of carbon as it will release if left to rot.

Can you provide a link that explains this?

[Anonymous]

I can't stand it! We love to sit on our porch in the fall and it gets ruined with all these wood burners. Digusting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op did you start a thread a few years ago about smelling fire pit fire in your windows from your neighbors home?

DP- I started one last year. New neighbors burn one and it pisses me off. We can no longer spend most nights on our screened in porch.