Andrea?

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Well While I continue to search CL for a working time machine, I only have today's
energy to look at. And while I have seen many pictures of really smokey smoke stacks
from many years ago, my experiences with coal are quite different. I can hardly tell when
my stove is running, both inside, and outside. But when any of the neighborhood wood stoves are
on I can tell, And the roofs of the oil burners are all pretty dirty compared to mine....

I am sure most stoves are not really that efficient, especially from many years ago, and
smokey fuel rich fires were sources of lots of smoke.... But coal needs a good draft,
and fuel rich air starved coal fires go out, they tend not to smoke.... I think most
of the smoke from what you remember was non anthracite coal fires, or mixed fuel
fires, like yours was, or really poor fire place designs....

I guess I just can't imagine living with something that smokes inside....
Or did I just get lucky....

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