In the past few months, the smoldering forests of the Australian forests have taught us that where there is smoke, there must be a fire. But today, let us allow ourselves to be proven wrong.  In the past 100 years, man has always used fires that have bellowed smoke! These, in our proper reinforced brick chimneys have managed to contribute to the increasing density of soot in the environment. Indeed, this soot has created jobs, as well as disease and inefficiency. For a long time too, man has been searching to re create the job of chimney cleaning, and thus during the many years in the advancement of fire, gas and electricity have become mans best friend, and we can vouch for the fact we can never do without electricity and gas! 

In  the various research papers that have been written about wood, coal and peat fires, we shall find out one common thing, that the mass of the unburned wood is always greater than the mass of the residual ash! Why? This is because; there is a transformation of energy from one form to the other, and element states from one to the other. Carbon leaves the coal to form a mono oxide, and dioxide. This is evident in the smoke. But in both the electric and gas fires the basic change of state is that of electric to heat energy and gas to heat energy respectively!  

This produces minimal or no smoke at all in the case of electric fires. It is amazing how room heating has come full circle, reducing the smoke and increasing the efficiency of the fireplace. Now, attention has gone from heat requirement to beautification of the heating area. Now I believe that we are all thinking but one thing… What will be the place of bio-fuels in room heating considering this kind of fuel does not depend on fossil fuel?