Yes, England is the birthplace of modern political rights. Why do you ask?
The UK government has told local authorities to crack down on people using wood-burning stoves to keep warm with fines of £300 or potentially criminal prosecutions for those who continually refuse to abide by state climate diktats.
Amid the energy crisis in Britain, which came to fruition in large part as a result of the Conservative Party-led governments over the past ten years obsession with implementing globalist green agenda policies while refusing to tap the nation's more reliable natural resources such as natural gas, the use of wood-burning stoves have soared.
Now, local authorities have been told by the government in Westminster to use the 2021 Environment Act to impose spot fines of £175 to £300 on those who use wood-fire stoves that do not meet state standards on air pollution, The Times of London reported.
Wood-burning stoves are very great ways to heat homes, or at least large rooms. They're highly efficient, easy to install, low-maintenance, and the fuel is domestically accessible.
(So basically everything that a modern far-left globalist elite despises.)
And man, they get real serious about it real quick:
Local councils were also informed that for those who continually breach the codes, they could also seek criminal prosecutions that could land citizens with a criminal record and fines of £5,000 and an additional £2,500 for every additional day that they use wood to heat their homes.
£2,500 per day. That's the rough equivalent of $3,000 per day. Nearly $1,100,000 per year. For keeping your home warm.
And it probably doesn't even stop there:
The move was hailed by ClientEarth, however, the green charity campaign group called for the government to go further and ban burning wood domestically outright.
"Pollution from wood-burning is a growing source of fine particulate matter pollution in some areas, which is a serious threat to people's health," spokeswoman Andrea Lea said
I bet people wouldn't need to use wood if the country wasn't shutting down all its natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants, causing energy prices to skyrocket.
