The huge raise in the electricity (50%), natural gas (82%) and heating oil (30%) costs starting this month is big news in Greece these days. How will Greek citizens be able to afford these extra costs, when these commodities are already among the most expensive in the EU? They simply won’t, and they will turnContinue reading “Interview to Prof D. Sarigiannis about the dangers of Air Pollution, especially from wood smoke, and about its alarming increase in Greece”
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Gas heater vs. wood stoves – a practical consideration of why gas should be favored over wood and oil in our cities
We just got our first bill from the gas company. We didn’t have gas last year, and we had to warm up the house with electric heaters (2000W each, one per room – and the house was never really warm). It turns out that our bill is around 28 Euro per month now. We haveContinue reading “Gas heater vs. wood stoves – a practical consideration of why gas should be favored over wood and oil in our cities”
A visual explanation of why residential heating with wood and fossil fuels belongs to the past
Hard to think that such a beautiful, day with such a nice and clean air, has to end up into such a disastrous night… Particulate matter PM2,5 was around 120 μg/m3 in Thiseio and above 200 μg/m3 in Chalandri at midnight yesterday. These are very dangerous levels of Air Pollution that we should never haveContinue reading “A visual explanation of why residential heating with wood and fossil fuels belongs to the past”
CleanAir in Greece 