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I know a lot of people near us (in the UK) went out and bought log burners for their houses - chatting to some neighbours last year and they were saying there was a 6 month waiting list to have one installed.

For the first time in 8? years we struggled to get hold of logs - especially oaks. Nobody seemed to be able to get hold of anything.

I think people switched their method of heating

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Is there enough wood production to make that a serious idea? It seems quite unlikely on the face of it that mass movement to wood burning would explain this.

Probably not, but from a anecdotal observation I've heard a lot of people say they were getting one installed, and there has been a shortage of logs this year (Of course that may be due to other factors)

Might have helped contribute to using less gas for heating, but maybe not in a large way

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