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... automation, but also because they are highly efficient and ecologically sound, recycling otherwise waste products from an already renewable fuel source - wood. They also attract grants for installation and other incentives and like all other types of wood biomass, wood pellet are specifically exempt from the Climate Change Levy (a tax on energy use aimed at limiting Carbon Dioxide pollution). Each of these basic designs may be further considered in the context of their intended application: room heaters (or space heating stoves) and cookers. And each of these further two subcategories further subdivides into those that incorporate a boiler and ... ... wood burning comes in; because although you are indeed releasing carbon into the atmosphere when you burn logs or wood pellets, this forms part of a more or less balanced carbon cycle. The carbon released by a wood burner was taken from the atmosphere in the first place by the tree that provided the wood - that's how trees make themselves; Carbon Dioxide plus solar energy (sunlight). When grown and harvested as a renewable resource, the trees planted today to replace the ones used as biofuel in wood burning stoves will again absorb exactly the same amount of Carbon Dioxide as is released by the burning process. This can be managed as an endlessly ... ... so, think about maybe upgrading your heating system to use a wood burner which not only adds aesthetic value to your home but is very significantly cheaper to run than any of the conventional alternatives plus environmentally sound as wood based biofuels are strictly carbon neutral - no excess Carbon Dioxide is pumped into the atmosphere. In fact, don't just burn wood, use wood. Why for example install ugly metal garage doors that cost precious resources to manufacture and will someday pose a disposal problem when you could enjoy the natural beauty of wood garage doors instead? Reduce your energy usage by installing low power consumption ... ... you might want to consider investigating installing domestic solar power), and is extremely versatile. But how about environmental issues? How "Green" exactly are wood heating systems? Well the news on the environmental front is pretty positive also. Yes, burning wood does release Carbon Dioxide, but in striking contrast to fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal, burning wood is a very low carbon fuel source, if not quite totally carbon neutral. It is what can be described as a balanced carbon process, because the carbon released in a wood burning stove is the exact same carbon that the original tree absorbed from the atmosphere. ... ... by running low-cost, low-heat, low-replacement lighting. The energy required to power wasteful incandescent lamps, that can in some cases throw up to 98% of that energy away as heat, comes from electricity generating power stations that themselves pump waste heat AND Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere. And that's all before you factor in the energy (and therefore ever more expensive fuel and environmental damage) required to keep making all the replacement incandescent bulbs you will need to continue illuminating your home. A regular 60w incandescent light bulb has a life of little more than 1,000 hours which means you will have to purchase a whopping 50 ...