It sounds rather elitist to equate heating with wood with poverty and to assume that no one in this thread struggles financially. This isn’t about social class. It’s about everyone’s right to breathe clean air, and you know it.

The studies that prove that residential wood smoke increases mortality rates are readily available for you to find. There’s no excuse for polluting neighborhood air. One person’s health and quality of life doesn’t supersede another based on finances.

An EPA certified wood stove is required for new installs now in the US. Wood isn’t cheaper if you’re buying it. It’s possible to start and maintain fires responsibly without smoking your neighbors out.

Totally agree. There are much safer and responsible ways to burn but the “I can do whatever I want” crowd can’t be bothered to consider how their pollution affects others

Diabolical

I watched this a few months ago and found it interesting:

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Susan B. Anthony fought for a right,
Not chocolates, not flowers—just equal might.

Yet we drown her cause in ribbons and lace,
Forgetting that love is love,
justice in place.

She fought for a right no man had to give,
Not roses, not trinkets, but the power to live.

So keep your chocolates and overpriced wine—
Real love, real change won’t come by design.

Once, Romans danced in the festival’s glow,
Lupercalia’s passion, raw and unchained flow.
Now love’s been tamed, wrapped up in a bow,
A profit machine with nothing to show.

And on this same day, long overlooked,
Susan B. Anthony rewrote the books.