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Actually you would be far better getting rid of woodburning stoves;Don't forget guys, if we want to cut emissions to zero it's not only cars / trucks / busses , it's aircraft / railway locomotives / building site equipment eg dump trucks / earth moving vehicles, the list goes on. How on earth are we going to produce the electricity. Please don't anyone go on about Hydrogen cells etc as it will take years to perfect it and we haven't got the time, as our government has stated there will be no more ICE's manufactured after 2030 in this country, although I think that might change somewhat in the near future. As they say watch this space.
Smoke from wood-burning stoves and open fires plays a substantial role in contributing to London’s air pollution problem. According to one study, wood-burning accounts for between 23 and 31% of urban derived particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution in London.
Even the best government approved stoves still emit air pollution, the Air Quality Expert Group found that burning wood in an Ecodesign stove was similar to the emissions from six Euro V1 HGVs.
Exclusive: London Councils have issued zero fines for wood-burning stoves
In the past five years, London councils have issued no fines for the use of wood-burning stoves, Air Quality News can reveal. Under the 1956 Clean Air Act, large parts of the UK became Smoke Controlled Areas, including the majority…
airqualitynews.com