[DarkHoodness]

By using gas and other fossil fuels, you're releasing carbon into the atmosphere that's been locked up for millennia. By burning wood, you're releasing carbon that's only recently been locked up - And in my case the carbon would be released anyway, as the wood rots naturally or gets burned, depending on what they do with scrap wood.

Besides I do it 'cause it's a lot cheaper than ordinary methods of heating a home despite the inconveniences of cutting it all up by hand - I burn mostly pallets scavenged from the local industrial estate. I also know a builder who has agreed to give me all his scrap wood. It's a quick, dry, powerful heat - And when you live in the woods on a north-facing hill like I do and don't see much sunlight, that's very important to me. Especially now when I've been flooded and everything is damper here than it normally is (very damp).