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Modern heating is not nearly as cheap as wood heat, at least around me. The problem is not wood burning as much as it is burning unseasoned wood. There should be strict regulations for firewood sellers ensuring wood is seasoned properly but what happens is every year some guy with a truck cuts a bunch of wood and sells it with very little seasoning. This creates the smoke you are experiencing. I can heat my home for about 2 months for $300 where any other heat would cost significantly more. Not just heat my house but heat it to the point I can walk around in my underwear. I've never been able to afford to do that with any other type of heat. Furthermore I have 2 hot water tanks. The first one is connected to the second and city water enters the first tank and the first tank is not powered. It does run to my fireplace through copper pipe and a copper coil at the stove. So for the price I pay for wood I get excess heat and hot water. No other heat can come close.