Why logs are twice as dirty as diesel

We think of wood burning as natural, but experiments show that wood smoke contains shocking levels of harmful particlesWalk round many suburbs on a winter’s night and your nose will tell you that wood burning is being used for home heating. A recent UK government survey found that 7.5% of UK homes now burn wood. The vast majority use it for supplementary heating or decoration. Wood burning is most popular in the south-east where it is used by around 16% of households and it is least popula