Owning your own home

“Hey guys, I know smoking looks cool but is bad for your health. How can I smoke without the harmful effects?”

I think bio-ethanol might be the house equivalent of vaping? The right answer is likely just point your furniture at your telly instead.

what's the answer if you want some sort of real fire in your living room?

Analyse what you really want.

Is it the look of some kind of focus? Go with something visual, be it a video of a fire or a really great picture or sculpture or whatever you want.

Is it a radiant heat source? (Some people just don't feel warm unless they are receiving radiant heat, even if air temp seems fine.) Go with a small but high temp heating thing like a small electric radiator or radiant panel. I know, they ruin the vibe, but I guess you just have to decide what you really need to feel comfy in your own home.

what's the answer if you want some sort of real fire in your living room?

Gas? And if the thought of burning a fossil fuel is abhorrent to you, then why is burning a fresh organic fuel that releases CO2 OK?

A candle?

But like others said, you probably don't need it at all. And if you have a wood burner you'd be advised to not use it for the sake of your own health.

The BMW SUV example externalises the impact on lots of other people outside of the vehicle (hmm, except the driver's wallet for the fuel)... but the wood burner directly impacts those in the room who have to breathe in the product of combustion.

Just get a merc eqc

For me it's the look + heat, so the answer is a big fancy electric fire. They've come on a lot!

Negatively, obvs :) Do you mean you're tempted to buy a BMW SUV or your friend is/has?

I do have a car, powered by dead dinosaurs, mind. It does 50mpg which I doubt an SUV does though (at least a conventional one).