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UK _ Chainsaw sales soar as Brits buy 35,000 woodburners in three months to keep themselves warm during the energy crisis
FOR THE DAILY MAIL ^ | 30 September 2022 | COLIN FERNANDEZ ENVIRONMENT EDITOR

Posted on 10/01/2022 2:06:37 AM PDT by dennisw

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To: dennisw

This is mostly male activity and a male path of action for possible blackouts.

So this would probably benefit mostly married women and of course single men, or women living with men.


21 posted on 10/01/2022 3:32:50 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: dennisw

I expect to see an increase in gardening accidents over the next several months.


22 posted on 10/01/2022 3:38:02 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: RoosterRedux
Chimney sweeps are making a comeback.

Step in Time!


23 posted on 10/01/2022 3:43:54 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: dennisw

We have HETAS regulations on how the wood burners and multi-fuel stoves have to work, to reduce pollution. We also have guidance on seasoning wood properly, so it gets the most heat with the least air pollution.

That’s fair - London used to be called “The Big Smoke” and smog used to be a killer. Burning damp logs is a bit pointless anyway.

I replaced our Victorian open fireplaces several years ago, before the regs were tightened, so they pump out enough heat to cook on without letting the cold in when not in use. Timber is seasoned and dried for a minimum of 6 months before I move it into a store nearer the house.


24 posted on 10/01/2022 3:44:46 AM PDT by MalPearce ("You see, but you do not observe". https://www.thefabulous.co/s/2uHEJdj)
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To: dennisw

Correct me if I’m wrong but I do believe wood does not burn as cleanly as natural gas?


25 posted on 10/01/2022 3:51:08 AM PDT by jughandle
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To: mad_as_he$$
"10,000 wood burning stoves in stock? Seems highly unlikely."

It is more than one store, it is a chain of stores. And no, 10,000 stoves is not a lot when you've had months to stock up on inventory because you're rulex by idiots.

26 posted on 10/01/2022 4:04:11 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: Lazamataz

And for the same reason we are. Its Deep State.


27 posted on 10/01/2022 4:05:23 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I’d be also betting a good number of people in the ER with chainsaw related injuries as one thing I learned from working with one (at my property with a local farmer) is that it is not about how dangerous chainsaws are, but how very unforgiving they can potentially be.


28 posted on 10/01/2022 4:05:24 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I’m sure there’s dead fall all over in many areas. I could hear my house for years on that alone where I’m at and I cut and split 2-3 cords a year mainly for the deck fireplaces.


29 posted on 10/01/2022 4:20:31 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: dennisw

I suspect a chainsaw ban will be coming soon in the UK.


30 posted on 10/01/2022 4:24:22 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Fox News is CNN-Lite.)
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To: dennisw

If true I’m very surprised the UKSchwab govt doesn’t regulate woodstoves as tightly as guns. Personal resourcefulness is not a quality the ruling class likes to encourage.


31 posted on 10/01/2022 4:44:59 AM PDT by Antioch (Against stupidity even the Gods struggle in vain….)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Heard lots of the newer wood stove burn wood pellets. They are product made in US.w


32 posted on 10/01/2022 5:00:44 AM PDT by mware
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To: jughandle

“Correct me if I’m wrong but I do believe wood does not burn as cleanly as natural gas?”

You are correct. Natural gas is the cleanest fuel. When you live in a valley with lots of neighbors who have wood stoves, a smokey haze can form during some weather.


33 posted on 10/01/2022 5:01:27 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw; Tilted Irish Kilt; Pollard

Ping


34 posted on 10/01/2022 5:02:05 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: dennisw

When we lived in the Seattle area, they used to have “inversion days” or something like that, when the use of fireplaces was prohibited. Is England subject to the same weather conditions? All that freshly cut lumber being burned into a low-hanging cloud cover could certainly create an issue.


35 posted on 10/01/2022 5:09:57 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: dennisw

“…the energy crisis…”

And, strangely, there is enough energy readily available in the earth to have us all swimming in supply of the stuff. Imagine if anyone in government actually cared or worried about the wealth and comfort of their voters? It’s most singular that they don’t seem to or seem to have to, as Sherlock Holmes might observe…


36 posted on 10/01/2022 5:11:57 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: dennisw
Retail giant Toolstation revealed that sales have rocketed by a third recently The news comes as people have been finding cheaper ways to heat their homes Experts warn the rise in woodburning could lead to higher pollution levels

If TPTB think people are just going to sit by and freeze all in the name of green energy because the green lobby says climate change is an issue, the DS is stupider than they think we are.

37 posted on 10/01/2022 5:21:08 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: mad_as_he$$

We’re working on next year’s supply of wood ourselves.

This year’s is all laid in.


38 posted on 10/01/2022 5:23:21 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: dennisw

100% Joe Biden’s fault.


39 posted on 10/01/2022 5:27:14 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: dennisw

the whole solar thing not working out so well huh?


40 posted on 10/01/2022 5:31:46 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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