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In my younger days, before I was a writer, I lived for a short period of time in a small town in northern Utah named Logan. Logan is nestled in a tiny valley between two arms of the steeply rising Cache Mountains. Looking past the edge of town in any direction reveals a mountain range. Beautiful though the town was, the unique location made the town extremely susceptible to air pollution at certain times of the year.
Several times during every winter, the town would experience a weather phenomenon known as an “inversion.” Very cold air would settle into the valley while warmer air would travel over the valley at the height of the mountains. This would trap the cold air in the valley and keep the air absolutely still. This cold weather made every citizen in the valley want to light a fire in the fireplace to keep warm. With the stale, windless air in the valley, all of the polluting smoke from these fires stayed in the valley creating conditions of very poor air quality. After a few days of inversion, the air quality would get so bad that the city government would place a ban on fireplaces, issuing fines for any house putting smoke into the air.
What a difficult predicament! It is extremely cold outside, so you want to use your fireplace. Your fireplace is polluting the air, so you can not keep using the fireplace. Now you are left in the cold, depending on your more expensive heater with a valley full of bad air. This is of course a unique scenario, but illustrates on a magnified level the problem with traditional fireplaces. Burning wood, paper, or any other fuel puts pollution into the air. Enough fireplaces in an area can have a severely detrimental effect on air quality.
There is a solution. The electric fireplace is a pollution free substitute. Shaped like a traditional fireplace, the electric fireplace can be placed anywhere in the house you want it to go and just needs a standard power outlet to operate. Electric fireplaces do not put out any emissions, making them immune to any clean air laws or regulations that a town or county might place on local citizens. Electric fireplaces are efficient, warming a space quickly and uniformly, without the danger of an open flame. You do not need to make sure that the flu is open, there is no worry of smoke filling the house, and children can play nearby without parents having to worry that they will be burned.
In addition to being pollution free, electric fireplaces are decorative. Electric fireplace inserts give the owner a choice for decoration, allowing him to choose different log types and different colors to suit his home décor scheme.
The electric fireplace can be used in any home, and is a great substitute to any other home heating device. It is functional and decorative, making it the perfect fit for any home.
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