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Re:Cities try to phase out gas stoves but cooks are pushing ... by desine on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:01AM (#27879976)
I love these things. The scent and feel of wood burning to keep you warm is ingrained through nearly a million years of human history and evolution. It's more a part of the human experience than the concept of living in a group of more than a dozen people. It goes as far back in our shared experience as clothing. It predates writing by a longshot, and touches possibly the moments of language as a whole. Monogamy, marriage, every concept we have of interpersonal and romantic relationships is more modern and constructed than this simple chemical reaction that changed our species from simple hominids to Civilization Builders. A nice wood fire scratches the primal itch all humans (that I know) occasionally feel better than most things.

Do we really need to shed such a cornerstone of humanity in order to remain being human on this rock?

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Re:Cities try to phase out gas stoves but cooks are pushing ... by chriswarbo on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:34AM (#27880665)
The main argument against fireplaces and wood burning stove isn't their CO2 emissions; it's the particulates they release into the immediate surroundings, which have much worse health impacts than previously thought.
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