Oh I see, I did not mean to be in any way contentious it's just that some people have absolutely no choice in the matter of what and when to burn and I sympathise with their plight. Many people here have had their electricity cut off because they cannot pay and cannot afford to buy oil for heating because the price has increased by 50% due to additional taxes. Oil suppliers are going out of business because of the high cost of their product so as a tax enhancer it was a bit like shooting yourself in the foot.
Nor do I want the entire population to heat with wood. If they did most of us would have to find yet another alternative to heating as wood pricing would skyrocket and scrounging would be nearly impossible.
Yes, so it seems here where most of us have access to some wood and a piece of land with trees. This article may be of interest to you http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/20...burn-wood-and-chat-about-the-heating-problem/
Hello Begreen, certainly do live most of the time in the Outer Mani, Peloponnese, where our holiday home is rapidly becoming my permanent home.
Hello begreen Patrick died at the age of 96 in the last couple of years and his secluded house in Kalamitsi between Kardamili and Stoupa which is where my house is, has been left to the nation for as a writers' retreat. The views all around from the rocky little beach in front of the house are spectacular looking up to the foothills of the Taygetos mountains which at the moment are tipped with snow. The film Ill met by Moonlight is based on his wartime experiences on the island of Crete, by the way.
i have no idea what a cord is or what a ton of wood looks like but I was told by a Greek lady yesterday that a ton of wood would cost 200€. Very much more than the cost last year. Yet again we have another article on the cost of heating and the problems encountered with poorly ventilated houses and presumably wet wood http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite6_1_24/01/2013_480138
