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In my opinion, the wrong approach.

[*]It is no longer so easy to get new wood-burning stoves approved.
[*]Ecologically, it would also be bad: Produces more CO2 than burning gas. (No, in Germany, nothing has been regrowing for years)
[*]You also bring fine dust and odor into the neighborhood. In the morning in winter, you can hardly cycle through the village...
[*]Then there are hardly any left. If any, at exorbitant prices.
[*]Same with firewood. You really need connections if you want to get dried wood before winter.

You can get a fireplace that meets the values of the Federal Immission Control Ordinance Stage 2 approved without any problems. If you get one, that is indeed not quite easy at the moment. But possible if it is not a specific model.
There is enough wood available, just look for example at the Harz mountains, where there are still huge amounts of dead wood lying and standing that can be burned. And reforestation is taking place in many places, or new trees are growing everywhere.
Wood only produces as much CO2 when burned as it once absorbed.
Here (Brandenburg) there is plenty available to buy as well.
Whether one likes the smell is subjective. I love it when it smells like stoves outside, at least if only dry wood is burned. And fine dust is hardly an issue with modern stoves anymore.

Yes, I admit, I am a big fan of fireplaces. It’s simply quality of life for me. At our place, it runs daily from September/October until March/April.

But we fixate on a gas that occurs at 0.04% in the air and that humanity (all humans) can influence by 5%. The world population does not release more than that.

I probably won't change your opinion, but the figure you provided is wrong. The CO2 that has increased from the former 280 ppm was completely emitted by humanity. Currently, we are at 410 ppm, which according to simple math means that 32% of the total CO2 in the atmosphere now comes from humans. It is known that this additional CO2 originates from the combustion of fossil fuels because biomass – including former biomass – has a specific composition of carbon atom isotopes. This is now found in the CO2. This can also exclude volcanic eruptions, for example. Regarding the 0.04%: correct number. However, the conclusion that this could not lead to significant global warming because of its smallness is wrong. The physics behind this – and I fully understand it professionally – is well-known and established. The greenhouse effect was qualitatively correctly understood almost 150 years ago. Quantitatively, calculations began at the latest in the 1930s. Global warming is the logical consequence of the laws of physics that we have. If it did not exist with the additional CO2, physics in general would be finished and we could discard its foundations and be back to zero. But it does exist, measurable. And the fundamentals of physics work every day. Because you always want arguments…

Wood produces only as much CO2 when burned as it has absorbed.

If it had not been burned, the CO2 it absorbed over decades would not be in the air...

Wood only produces as much CO2 when burned as it once absorbed.

This also applies to coal, oil, and gas. So why is THAT an argument FOR fresh wood when fossil wood is problematic?

If it hadn't been burned, the CO2 it absorbed over decades wouldn't be in the air...

But the dead wood decomposes and releases the same amount.

Whether you like the smell is subjective. I love it when it smells like stoves outside, at least when only dry wood is burned. And fine dust is hardly an issue with modern stoves anymore.

The problem is precisely that there are tons of old stoves. And even a new stove that is knowingly or unknowingly operated incorrectly can become a fine dust emitter. Not to mention that the test values for approvals—like with most things—are generated under ideal laboratory conditions that the end user never actually achieves.

If you travel to countries where fireplaces are still heavily used in urban areas, you might change your opinion about the "pleasant smell." If you like the smell, light an incense stick inside your house ;) at least then it won't affect your neighbors.