[Stoves] About releasing of emissions data (with ref to earlier messages)

[ajheggie at gmail.com]

On Monday 06 December 2010 16:23:25 Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
> >When I want to purchase an automobile, I check the data on expected
> > miles
>
> per gallon (or km per liter).  It should be the same for stoves.
>
> Hmm.....well it has proven to be very difficult to do that in the US of
> A even for space heating wood stoves. There is an interesting study by
> the State Of Mass. looking into the patchwork of regulations and test
> methods used in the USA. It is a sobering read. Universally rating a
> stove is much more difficult than rating a car.

I occasionally used to look at car specifications to determine my ideal 
car. I simply became baffled by the differences in attributes and 
measurements and never had the money anyway.

Nowadays I just go for something cheap, with no depreciation left and 
70miles per (imperial) gallon. Like cars I expect we will end up with 
many stove designs and fuel variations but all attaining certain key 
emission requirements.

Being English I of course don't think the end justifies the means

Justly, Skilfully and Magnanimously

AJH