Peat briquettes

muckybutt

Just thought i'd try a few, saw them when I was filling up at a garage today .

Anyhow got home and twas getting nippy - we had a frost last night :eek: so got the fire lit, after an hour or so popped two on top of the hardwood, that was at 9.15 - and they are still going

Wondered if anyone else uses them and what their thoughts on them are ?

Greenfires

It's a nice fuel to use - but not sustainable and environmentally no better than opencast coal mining, which are the reasons I've never sold it. If it could be manufactured from waste in the same way that wood briquettes are - I'd be all over it, but as it stands, it's not doing our world any favours at all so I don't use it.

alleycat`

Considered trying them but I've never been able to get myself over the fact it isn't a sustainable source of fuel and i have access to other alternatives that work fine.

Nice to know they work well in case i ever need to go down that route though

beat_the_utilities

I've only had experience of burning peat when staying with relatives in the west of Ireland. It's a nice fuel with a lovely aroma, but as others have pointed out, it's not exactly enviromentally friendly and it's frowned upon these days as it leads to the destruction of a fairly unique habitat. In fact I'm always amazed when I see it on sale (and by the fact that my relatives still appear to be able to cut as much as they like with apparent impunity) as I thought it was being banned under some kind of EU-wide legislation. Obviously not.