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Glen... life is a compromise, take a chill pill. To most people you are firmly in the same camp as mad dogs and Englishmen.
Having lived in Canberra for 13 years I know this problem well.
Basically:
1. She is being politically correct (and possibly a greenie) by using a renewable fuel (wood) instead of oil or gas. Points to her for being environmental friendly.
2. Burning wood can be very dirty re air pollution, if she hasn't got the darned thing set up right. Many don't have clue, or are using open fireplaces that have no adjustments. In some cities burning wood was banned - literally - because of the smog it caused at night which tended to collect in valleys where there was no wind to shift it. By morning the air quality was shockingly bad.
This happened in Canberra - in the 1970's the contractors responsible for delivering oil and gas regularly went on strike in June every year demanding more pay. Residents responded by installing fireplaces and wood-burning stoves of one kind or another, in large numbers. The result was air pollution at night in winter got so bad wood was banned as a fuel for heating mainly because many were using open fireplaces with no controls whatsoever. Very fashionable, but environmentally dreadful. To the extent people with asthma or for breathing were in real trouble most mornings.
So she loses points for all the air pollution caused.
3. You're part of the 0.01% of the population that persist in this weird hobby that entails going outside in cold nights. See above re mad dogs and englishmen. Most would query why you are are outside at all.
4. Yes its is not good for your optics. Smoke is hideously aggressive chemically. I would definitely pack it up ASAP if you are in her smoke plume. Mirror coatings will be the worst affected.
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