End of a 21st Century fashion icon.

[Xist]

In Arizona we have flatscreens set to the fireplace channel.

I guess...

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

It does surprise me that wood stoves are regarded fashionable there in England, while here in Brazil they're seen as a reminiscence from a rural past that many folks are quite ashamed. But anyway, some people still claim that food prepared in a wood stove are actually tastier.

Originally Posted by Stubby79

Just start building a stove that looks like a good old fashioned iron wood burning stove and make it run on natural gas.

I have already seen some ethanol-fed fireplaces.

[JockoT]

Log and coal stoves, powered by gas, are available. Not particularly efficient but they look as good as the real thing.

[JockoT]

Originally Posted by freebeard

That was the joke, of course.

I thought so, but so often I see what I think are jokes and find the poster is serious. The difference between US and UK humour perhaps.

[Stubby79]

Originally Posted by JockoT

Log and coal stoves, powered by gas, are available. Not particularly efficient but they look as good as the real thing.

Why wouldn't they just install one of those? You can probably turn it on with your iphone...exactly what every yuppy wants! Plus I doubt firewood is a common thing to get your hands on in England, let alone the middle of London.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by JockoT

I thought so, but so often I see what I think are jokes and find the poster is serious.

Beware Poe's law.