This nis going to be a bit random as I cant remember all f the various contributions.
1st wood; we burn wood as the principal source of heat. The wood comes from the hedgerow around the field and I cut out the dead elms (they still grow to a reasonable size) and burn them in the Rayburn rather than having a fire in the meadow. Combustion of wood and the emission of particulates is the same but the heat produced keeps us warm (ish). We have a back up natural gas boiler that uses Calor as there isnt a gas main anywhere near. Use the Calor gas VERY sparingly as its so expensive.
Ref red diesel; I thought for heating you could change the burner set up and use 28 sec heating oil (as opposed to 35 sec which is diesel or gas oil; whatever you want to call it).
I saw once some sort of Heath Robinson device on a trailer for making gas from wood to drive a motor car engine. This was WW2 stuff and dont think cars that have been made in the last 50 years would cope but may give it a try some time.
If I remebererd more this would ramble on so breath a sigh of relief!
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