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Anyone else noticed that they often stink of wood smoke when cycling/running home? I was pretty confused at first (brain tumor?) but I just found an article which may shed some light on this. A couple of quotes: "Revised figures show domestic wood burning to be the UK?s largest single source of PM2.5 emissions, 2.4 times greater than all PM2.5 emissions from traffic." "Few people who install wood stoves are likely to understand that a single log-burning stove permitted in smokeless zones emits more PM2.5 per year than 1,000 petrol cars and has estimated health costs in urban areas of thousands of pounds per year." Link: http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2757/rr-1 This is a bizarre problem, if accurate. I assumed the clean air zones/act had dealt with this in the 50s ffs. I'm surprised people bother with old fashioned stoves in the middle of a city, is smog a current 'vintage' trend or something? A

Choosing third party insurance is not "unlucky", it's a risk taken to save money. Out of interest do you have a full motorcycle license Wavyline Girl?

Out of honest curiosity, of the people complaining about aircraft noise, how many of you still fly? I assume people do not complain about problems that they help perpetuate?

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > StraferJack Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Fazer. Anti aircraft noise and pollution and > > congestion > > > > But pro car noise and etc etc > > > > Curbs against one are an outrage and against > the > > other are A Priority > > > Car noise is no where near as intrusive it's > moderate by comparison. > > Aircraft noise is high pitched and goes through > double glazing and solid walls. That isn't true, aircraft noise tends to be dominated by low frequencies which are much harder to insulate against than higher ones.