Britain to Ban Wood Stoves

Timothy Birdnow

Environmentalism is essentially anti-human. They claim they are not, but environmentalists essentially want a world free of people - and of those who remain they want them corralled and controlled. Most environmentalists have bought into Malthus, that old churchman from the late eighteenth century who predicted an apocalypse caused by too many people. (Funny, most of these types are atheists or pagans, but they do celebrate Malthus.)

Doubt that?  May I enter exhibit A into the evidence?

From our friends at the U.K. Telegraph:

Domestic coal and certain types of wood are to be banned from sale from next year in a bid to cut air pollution, ministers will announce on Friday.

The Environment Secretary said the move was necessary as wood-burning stoves and open fires were now considered "the most harmful pollutant" affecting people in this country.

The announcement comes just weeks after a ban on the sale of new diesel, petrol and hybrid cars from 2035 was announced. It is also expected that the 10-year freeze on fuel duty will end next year under plans that could be set out as soon as next month's budget.

The government is keen to be seen at the forefront of global efforts to tackle climate change and air pollution.

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The ban also includes wet wood, and could pave the way for the end of all indoor stoves.

Wood burning stoves and coal fires are the biggest single source of small particle pollutants PM2.5, which have been linked to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and cancer, emitting three times as much as road transport.

A quarter of all sales of wood for domestic use are from wet wood, which is usually available in small amounts and can be more convenient than dry wood, but creates twice as many pollutants.

The ban will mostly affect households in rural areas, as most cities are in smoke control areas where the use of coal is already restricted.

 

Wood stoves are a way for the poor to heat their homes inexpensively. It makes them independent of oil and gas companies, or the electric grid. If they want to ban wood stoves they want to force people to live under their thumbs on the grid.

How often have we been told that we need renewable energy? Wood is the ultimate in renewable energy; trees and shrubs grow every year, and a plentiful supply is always at hand - at least in Britain and in the eastern half of the U.S.

When I stay at the Ozark Hilton I heat with wood. I had a kerosene heater but the evil thing almost killed me; I woke up one morning with a spike in my head and was about to vomit. I went outside and immediately felt better. Went back in and WHAM!  I've never used that thing again (which is a pity; it cost me a hundred bucks.)

Wood stoves are a blessing to country folk, and even of some value to city people. So why don't the environmentalists like them?

They used to. That was when people didn't seriously consider using them as a primary heat source, back when they were first getting this global warming thing going. Now they realize the wood stove offers independence from their control, and that is unacceptable.

So now Britain is trying to ban them. Barack Obama tried to regulate them out of existence, with the EPA banning the older, cheaper models and forcing people to buy expensive high tech stoves that complied with EPA regulations. They aren't going to stop folks. Energy is one of the tools the Left has been using to control the populace. It is exactly what ancient China or Egypt did with water; control the water and you had complete control of the public. Now we are doing it with energy as well as water.

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