Aus AirQual

Concerned with air quality issues in Australia. Woodsmoke a long-standing problem which won't go away. For: energy efficiency, solar, wind, clean air.

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@AriaFrescaaaaaa @graham_hanmer @Chronic_Channel @VixL @TheGreenParty @BBCTomEdwards @BBCEarth @BBCPolitics Most greenies know that burning wood increases global warming, so use cleaner heat. Modern heat pumps deliver 4 times as much heat as they use in electric power & cost < 2000 euros fully installed with much lower running costs than buying wood @TheGreenParty

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@alexvelleley A real sad story about a NSW family imprisoned at home due to neighbours’ smoke. It's triggered asthma, yet a test revealed excellent lung function a couple of years before they installed the woodheater #auspol #cleanair #SLCPs @DocsEnvAus
@friends_earth https://t.co/sgN2sUEjZr

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@alexvelleley @colin_tinker Absolutely shocking PM2.5 levels! No one should be living in central Armidale. This Purple Air graph is for woodsmoke PM2.5 in Armidale using the Tasmanian PM2.5 colour scale #auspol #cleanair #SLCPs @DocsEnvAus @dsawsp @friends_earth

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@merylbatchelder @GeorgeMonbiot If that means you use the stove ONLY during power cuts - well done!
If you use it at other times, you are harming your health & the planet. Log-burning stoves are harming our health & speeding up global warming  https://t.co/HrVx0j3GYx #auspol #cleanair #SLCP @DocsEnvAus @EJ_Aus

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@swaaalla @VicGovEPA For thousands of years we also had high mortality and disease rates, especially for children, i.e. life expectancy at birth less than 30 years. Let's move away from 'natural' to 'good' and 'healthy'.

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@VicGovEPA Asking people to choose alternative heating is the best way to avoid wood heater pollution. So why not make that the first point on the above web page? New heaters are almost as polluting as older ones! #auspol #cleanair #SLCP @DocsEnvAus @HealthandEnv @EJ_Aus

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@RatgeberOfen The UK New Scientist is a much more credible source of info. They say: "Log-burning stoves are harming our health and speeding up global warming" https://t.co/HrVx0j3GYx #ClimaSV #auspol #cleanair #SLCPs @DocsEnvAus @dsawsp @friends_earth @DefraUKAir

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@gt2andy @Duin46473580 The idea that Putin, whose war-mongering caused the massive gas and electricity price rises, is a "far green extremist" beggars belief!
Wood smoke is linked to dementia https://t.co/3plqhPNWhI
Silly & ignorant tweets might be the first sign this is happening.

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@BowenAutomation @dsawsp @MumsForLungs Scented candles pose no risk to people who choose not to use them. But wood stoves cause considerable harm to people living nearby with no control over the pollution coming out of other people's chimneys. @DefraUKAir #cleanair #SLCP @DocsEnvAus @HealthandEnv @EJ_Aus

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@DeanVenables Best as an interim measure, coupled with education on why the best long-term low-cost climate-friendly solution is to switch from polluting solid-fuel heating to efficient air-to-air heat pumps #AirPollution #CleanAir #SLCP @EPAAirQuality @EPAIreland @DefraUKAir @dsawsp @EJ_Aus

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@Seejays29 @GeorgeMonbiot In Aus, Daikins are efficient. Their UK website quoted £1,365 installed for 5.4kW heating, SCOP 4.71 (35 m2 room); 4kW SCOP=5.1; 8.2kW SCOP=4.1 should provide as much heat as a wood stove & cost less than buying firewood. Check out possibilities, e.g. 2 sm
https://t.co/GBG9V27rdr

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@essexforester @woodsmokestinks @borlottiebean @GeorgeMonbiot @DefraGovUK Even the cleanest wood stove with dry wood produces more PM2.5 every day than the average petrol car per year. A 6 kW heat pump uses about 1.4 kW at full blast, & much less on average. Cheaper & healthier than buying firewood.#SLCP
https://t.co/sP15Ykd5il

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@Paul_L_Hook @GeorgeMonbiot In Aus, a 6 kW split system heat pumps cost about £1.5k installed & deliver 4 to 5 times as much heat as the electric power used. That should be enough to heat the living room. If you need 12 kW (more than enough for a house) install 2! Chose models with COP>4 in cold climates.

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@Paul_L_Hook @GeorgeMonbiot Anyone concerned about global warming shouldn't use a wood stove! Wood stoves' black carbon, CH4 & CO emissions cause immediate warming that could result in passing a climate tipping point #SCLP #cleanair @C4CA @DefraUKAir @dsawsp @DocsEnvAus @EJ_Aus https://t.co/E6qzlfN7HW

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@essexforester @borlottiebean @GeorgeMonbiot Standards based on flue gas PM concentrations are meaningless, so it's more sensible to use grams/kg fuel. This shows that new stoves emit more PM2.5 in a single day than a driving a petrol car 10,000 km! https://t.co/sP15Ykd5il #AirPollution @C4CA @DefraUKAir #cleanair #SLCP

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

As of 2020, nearly 18 million US households used heat pumps for space heating — a 50% increase compared with 2015. https://t.co/WSuyXqgWEc via @RockyMtnInst

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

@NPR A polluting wood fire will damage the health of people living nearby and deprive many of the rest and comfort they would otherwise enjoy.

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

#cleanair Too few people complain about #woodsmokepollution, so the NSW Gov says "there is no appetite to look at wood heaters".
Prove them wrong! Respond to the NSW Clean Air Consult! Asthma Aus says most people can't protect themselves from woodsmoke - https://t.co/bB2YSf4DR1

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

#cleanair Too few people complain about #woodsmokepollution, so the NSW Gov says "there is no appetite to look at wood heaters".
Prove them wrong! Respond to the NSW Clean Air Consult! Asthma Aus says most people can't protect themselves from woodsmoke - https://t.co/bB2YSf4DR1

[Aus AirQual @aaqg]

#cleanair #SLCP @DocsEnvAus #woodsmokepollution=46% of Sydney's PM2.5 exposure. NSW Gov proposes business-as-usual! Increasing PM2.5=no chance meeting WHO Guidelines 5ug/m3. Consult closes 5 pm Friday! Important - have your say. Info, 3 easy way to do this https://t.co/tiHNYlrPiE