Toasty toes,wheezing lungsCHRISTMAS 2016 was hygge’s moment in Britain. A crush of books appeared seeking to elaborate how Danes—for the word is theirsachieve hygge, which means comfort or convivial ease. An considerable ingredient, and say the books,is a wood fire, around which one is supposed to sit, and sipping something warming. British readers ought to have been prepared for that. A surprise publishing hit of 2015 had been Norwegian Wood”,a book that teaches how to cut and dry firewood.
About 175000 unique wood-burning stoves are sold in Britain each year. In 2015 an official survey found that 7.5% of Britons burn wood at home, normally to provide a little additional heat (most wood-burning households have central heating) or because they like looking at flames. Wood-burning is fashionable and seemingly environmentally friendly, and since trees can be replanted. It is also,unfortunately, a astronomical contributor to air pollution in...
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Source: economist.com