CHRISTOPHER BOOKER: Is obsession with global warming rotting political class’s brains? | Daily Mail Online

CHRISTOPHER BOOKER: Is obsession with global warming rotting political class’s brains? | Daily Mail Online:
"CHRISTOPHER BOOKER: Scandal of 'killer' wood burning stoves and the question - is the political class’s obsession with global warming rotting their brains?
The Government earned plaudits from the green lobby yesterday for its new plan to crack down on the craze for wood-burning stoves.
...But hang on!
One reason Britain burns more wood than it has done for decades — a 2016 survey found 7.5 per cent of households in London burn wood — is that only recently, the Government and the greens told us burning wood to heat our homes was the best thing we could do for the environment.
Wood is ‘sustainable’, we were told.
It gives off less CO2 than any other heating.
It will help us save the planet and meet CO2 reduction targets under the Climate Change Act.
As a result of these persuasive arguments, about 1.5 million British homes have wood-burning stoves and 200,000 more are sold every year.
Given these horrific facts, why have governments in recent years made wood-burning such a core part of energy policy? 
For there is no doubt ministers have been desperate to encourage it..."
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