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Psychologically there’s nothing quite like an open fire. As a young kid, several times a year we had this big camp fire at cubs. We were all given a toasting fork, a pork sausage and a piece of bread to toast. Even wood burning stoves are very attractive. The evidence now though is that it’s not just polluting the general environment but also the very rooms in which they’re operating. A friend has been using a wood stove for many years and every time I visit him I can smell what I assume is something like wood tar. It’s not completely unpleasant but it can’t be healthy. If I lived there I’d have to do something about the smell but I guess he’s so used to it he doesn’t notice it anymore?