GarethM

Most cities already are

12 minutes ago, Muddy42 said:

 

No you misunderstand me, I don't want any change, I was just guessing at how wood burning restrictions could be enacted. However Id rather the clean air zone rules were amended than an outright ban which, would also affect rural areas.

You're effectively advocating for a nation wide clean air zone.

Even the current system is woefully pointless as it's not enforced, most appliances sold are more than compliant but due to the cost of testing they aren't useable in a smoke control area.

For example a lot of things are blue angel, German version of DEFRA exempt but there is no EU wide standard.

37 minutes ago, Muddy42 said:

 

Clean air zones simply permit the use of authorised fuels and authorised stoves.  It wouldn't take much for Defra to restrict either the permitted fuels or authorised stoves.  Apologies for the slight differences for England/Scotland/NI.  Or just enforce the current rules better. 

So you want to ban existing efficient stoves or the fuel for them, what changes are you suggesting ?.

Nothing will ever be enough for these activists tho, until your eating the bugs and cowering under your duvet with equal measures of fear and frostbite.

6 minutes ago, Muddy42 said:

Yes I agree with that.  If this is an urban problem, we already have rules for that - clean air zones. If the rules aren't resulting in clean air, changes the existing rules rather than a ban.

Well we've had clean air zones for decades, 1960s I think.

So either it's not enforced or it's something else.

The typical knee jerk reaction to just make more rules is backwards and a waste of time and energy.

It's like the current knife thing they are doing, knee jerk instead of enforcement of the current rules. It's like suicide is illegal, erm good luck with a prosecution!.

Plus you have to love the picture of clearly imported kiln firewood from a Lithuanian company.