Since Sadiq Khan Effectively Banned Wood Burners In London Homes, Two Councils Have Threatened To Clamp Down On Log Fires

The burning issue of log fires has been taken up by two councils, in a proposal to decrease air pollution.

Bedford and West Northamptonshire councils are said to be exploring whether to expand smoke control zones to outlaw the niche heating fittings.

While the vast preponderance of homes in the country relies on normal gas central heating, log fires are bad polluters in the home in which they’re present.

The Government is looking to crack down on misuse of the stoves and has told council chiefs to look at charging on-the-spot civil fines which could be as much as £300.

And in the latest guidelines set out by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, an air quality limit means big home and office developments can no longer use wood or solid fuels, meaning wood burners have actually been prohibited in new and renovated buildings in the capital.

A newspaper outlet reported that Bedford and West Northamptonshire are already in a smoke control area.

This means that residents can only burn smokeless fuels, or use a wood-burning stove that meets government specifications.

People may not be able to install these log burners in new buildings and so will have to try to address skyrocketing energy costs.

Some people who live in rural areas have no other option than to potentially cough up hundreds of pounds extra every year as they don’t have access to a gas pipe and so depend on log burners.

One Twitter user wrote that they live in very rural with no gas line and that their log burner keeps them warm during the deepest darkest winters as they have no central heating.

Those who are not moving into a new building and presently own a log burner are at risk of being slapped with a £300 penalty and could be spending hundreds more a year on maintenance under the new regulations set out in the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023.

People in designated ‘Smoke Control Areas’ – most towns and cities – could be slapped with a fine if their log burners emit more than 3 grams of smoke per hour.

This could lead to people paying hundreds of pounds extra a year as they can effectively no longer use regular wood and must use seasoned (dry) wood, which is 12 per cent more costly.

The government should quit meddling in our lives and go and sort out real problems like the country being plagued with illegals.

The government have failed their purpose and is now complacent when overstepping.

They’re just picking on an easy target, while the people struggle to heat their homes, and now the government are letting the greedy energy firms dictate the cost of our fuel.

Digital currency, social credits, and ULEZ charges amongst others and I foresee civil noncompliance on a massive scale once the people truly realise what these things mean because the United Kingdom is being turned into a dictatorship.

Log fires are to heat, as gold is to currency and fires burn bright, and according to the Royal Society, there’s evidence that human beings began using fire around 400,000 years ago. However, other references suggest that our human ancestors discovered the potential of fire as long as one million years ago after signs were discovered in a South African cave – look folks we’re still here surviving!

Of course, changing to clean energy is likely the best chance of slowing down the climate problem, but despite this, one theoretical physicist has argued that renewable sources can never be 100 per cent green, due to the emissions generated from manufacturing them.

Professor Jacques Treiner said that there are no zero-emission energy supplies because you have to manufacture the devices and the installation, and you have to manufacture them, and for them to be zero-emission, there would have to be zero-emission energy mixes.

Treiner rejects the concept of green energy, implying that the term has become a mere buzzword nowadays.

The United Kingdom has now become a Nanny state and it’s all about control and following the rules.

There is far too much interference in people’s lives by our government, but they want to control us, and in the end, they will, and you will own nothing and you will not be able to say anything either, and guess what, you’ll be happy!