Eco friendly family house
soozelwoozel:
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 09:29:20
Nice house, but wood fire polluting the atmosphere and wasting water on a water slide doesn't seem very eco-friendly to me :P
Nice smart-arse reply, but wood burning stoves are generally considered a much more eco-friendly way of heating your house than using radiators etc.
Anach:
Quote from: soozelwoozel on 2011 July 08, 10:09:07
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 09:29:20
Nice house, but wood fire polluting the atmosphere and wasting water on a water slide doesn't seem very eco-friendly to me :P
Nice smart-arse reply, but wood burning stoves are generally considered a much more eco-friendly way of heating your house than using radiators etc.
Pretty sure this depends on where you live. Population, topography, climate and equipment can play a large part in pollution from smoke and particulates, which in-turn can lead to health issues. As for being considered better than radiators. I think that depends on what form of electricity generation used.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2011 July 08, 09:48:44
Not to mention the use of Kewian-based substitutes that must inevitably wind up in a landfill.
Nothing beats the overpowering smell of glue on a cheap new couch every couple months.
soozelwoozel:
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 10:18:30
Quote from: soozelwoozel on 2011 July 08, 10:09:07
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 09:29:20
Nice house, but wood fire polluting the atmosphere and wasting water on a water slide doesn't seem very eco-friendly to me :P
Nice smart-arse reply, but wood burning stoves are generally considered a much more eco-friendly way of heating your house than using radiators etc.
Pretty sure this depends on where you live. Population, topography, climate and equipment can play a large part in pollution from smoke and particulates, which in-turn can lead to health issues. As for being considered better than radiators. I think that depends on what form of electricity generation used.
Ok if we're really going to be this pedantic, that stove could be for clean-burning fuel. However, going on the basis that sims don't have council restrictions on fuel-burning, and because if you're going for that level of pretend-legislation in the game you're clearly a bit of a nutjob, I would propose a sim-wood burning stove is fine. Yes, of course if you're getting all your electricity from renewable energy, then the stove can be considered wasteful. However, if we're being this pernickity, even with the solar panels shown in the pictures, it's unlikely such a house could go completely off-grid.
Wood burning stoves are cheap and sustainable, far more so than oil or gas heating. Wood burning stoves are considered to be eco-friendly and are increasingly marketed as such. You may disagree with this, which is fine, but I think you were just trying to be a smart-alec in your original post. It's a sims game, not an architectural blue print.
Anach:
Quote from: soozelwoozel on 2011 July 08, 10:40:23
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 10:18:30
Quote from: soozelwoozel on 2011 July 08, 10:09:07
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 09:29:20
Nice house, but wood fire polluting the atmosphere and wasting water on a water slide doesn't seem very eco-friendly to me :P
Nice smart-arse reply, but wood burning stoves are generally considered a much more eco-friendly way of heating your house than using radiators etc.
Pretty sure this depends on where you live. Population, topography, climate and equipment can play a large part in pollution from smoke and particulates, which in-turn can lead to health issues. As for being considered better than radiators. I think that depends on what form of electricity generation used.
Ok if we're really going to be this pedantic, that stove could be for clean-burning fuel. However, going on the basis that sims don't have council restrictions on fuel-burning, and because if you're going for that level of pretend-legislation in the game you're clearly a bit of a nutjob, I would propose a sim-wood burning stove is fine. Yes, of course if you're getting all your electricity from renewable energy, then the stove can be considered wasteful. However, if we're being this pernickity, even with the solar panels shown in the pictures, it's unlikely such a house could go completely off-grid.
Wood burning stoves are cheap and sustainable, far more so than oil or gas heating. Wood burning stoves are considered to be eco-friendly and are increasingly marketed as such. You may disagree with this, which is fine, but I think you were just trying to be a smart-alec in your original post. It's a sims game, not an architectural blue print.
Definitely true that one of us is being pedantic, and if you're going to start bringing the real world into it, why not do it right in the first place. Put up some numbers, post some evidence. I for one, find it difficult to believe that having billions of houses full of wood-fired stoves and heaters is going to be Environmentally-friendly based on some "marketing", no matter where you live.
As for your inclination to read too much into my comment, I tend to think this simply means you failed to understand the tongue-in-cheek smiley face.
witch:
Wood is a renewable resource, coal and oil are not. I agree it depends somewhat on the power generating alternatives as to whether the pollution from wood burning fires is acceptable. Some of our cities in NZ, Christchurch in particular, have had to change building codes for chimneys and fireplaces in order to cut down the pollution. The city is built on a very flat plain with little wind.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2011 July 08, 09:48:44
Not to mention the use of Kewian-based substitutes that must inevitably wind up in a landfill.
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