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Irish obsession with turf?

thestar · 2014-12-30 18:02:35

In comparison to coal there is a lot less heat out of it, doesn't last near as long and when labor, storage and transportation are taken into account I don't think it is cheap at all. What's the big fascination with it?

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#52 31-12-2014 1:45pm

Grayson

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Because it looks better than trying to burn a seal cub but it's just as damaging to the environment?

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#53 31-12-2014 2:03pm

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Nodin wrote: »

And you can bury people in a bog. Try doing that with a bag of coal.

Arthur Morgan telling that one at the Ard Fheis again was he?

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#54 31-12-2014 2:07pm

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Coal mine warrior doesn't have the same ring to it.

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#55 31-12-2014 2:08pm

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#56 31-12-2014 2:09pm

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I'm not going to take turf that's been on the dirty ground and bring it into my house...ewww... /s

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#57 31-12-2014 9:09pm

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Couldn't pay me to use turf or coal. More than happy with my district heating system, and sensors outside to regulate the heating inside. Nothing better than waking in from the cold onto under-heated floors.

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#58 31-12-2014 9:35pm

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Hard to beat a good load of timber. Cut it to size and stacked neatly. Watch it dry out over the summer. Even in the warmest of days it's comforting to have a generous stack of firewood drying out to see you through the following winter.

A fine sycamore that came down in the storm last winter is keeping us going for the next few months.

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