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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 15, 2019 19:10:22 GMT
Borrowing to have a shiny car seems like madness to me. Each to their own though. But those who did, in the USA, got bailed out handsomely by Obama, didn't they? At the expense of the others who didn't mortgage their house to buy trinkets and bling.
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Post by Jim on Jan 16, 2019 11:41:39 GMT
My Great Uncle Cuthbert was minister at the Unitarian Church in Todmorden. Ey up. On Ilkley Moor baht 'at. That's proper champion that, lad. That ruddy whippet 'as took me cap down snicket. Tha' knows. t'snicket.
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Post by duncan on Jan 20, 2019 13:05:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 17:39:26 GMT
Thanks. I did realise that the story is not that woodburners are being banned. Yes it has been misreported. However I do suspect that this announcement is what you could call the "thin end of the wedge". Banning the sale of new wood burners which don't comply with one regulation or another won't have much effect because they are fundamentally durable. Its not like "phasing out" a type of car. Cars are consumables. Solid fuel stoves are durable. I guess one side effect may be a spike in the value of second hand wood burners. I believe that at some point in the not very distant future the move will be made towards actively banning the use of solid fuel stoves or putting fairly significant restrictions on their use. It will be made out to be an air quality subject when in fact it will simply be an attempt to drive everyone to more profit making fuels ie gas or oil heating. Its not happening yet but I reckon it will and that at some point legislation will turn up which specifically disallows burning of wood in certain circumstances. On top of existing clean air act and smoke less zones. I also think boats may be brought into line with houses (currently boats are exempt from the clean air act). As this is a boat forum this is why I posed the question.
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