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More and more people are getting on the outdoor heating bandwagon these days. Before this, outdoor heating used to be the provision of large hotel chains, penthouse owners and other larger organizations with open-air locations and the deep pockets it took to set up such facilities. With the weather becoming colder in many countries around the world, more and more people are turning towards outside patio heaters to enjoy their own backyard. Outdoor heating devices are no longer that difficult to setup, nor are they as expensive as they use to be, especially various gas power heaters which have seen a significant drop in price. This has made outdoor heaters and heating a lot more accessible and increased the impact of such heating on our environment.

Admittedly, burning propane and LPG does not pollute as much as burning petrol does as fuel in cars. However, both propane and LPG are non renewable resources and once they are used up there is no replacing them. With petrol consumption increasing over the years it is inevitable that petrol will soon run out and serve in only the most necessary of situations. When that happens, the next in line will probably be LPG and the other combustible gasses. For that purpose, we should conserve LPG and these combustible gasses for until when we'll really need it.

As it is now, many critics are saying that using LPG and propane in outside heating is both frivolous as well as wasteful. However, much like the other uses that LPG is being used for, outside heating is just as important in keeping people comfortable. However, much like everything else, we should start conserving our LPG and propane canisters a little bit more than we're currently prone to do. One method is to use better outdoor heaters. We could use double insulated outdoor heaters as compared to the single insulated heaters. Double insulated heaters although being a little bit more expensive, use the same amount of gas as their single insulated siblings but cover a wider area and are more energy efficient. Using a few double insulated outside burners in key positions seems a much better solution compared to placing one single insulated outside heater for every table.

While gas powered outdoor heaters do not pollute as much as petrol burning cars do, it still emits a reasonable amount of CO2 or carbon dioxide. However, usage of such heating solutions only happen during the periods of months when it still not too cold to go outside, somewhere in between late autumn and early winter. Many opponents of outside heating are saying that we should ban the sale of outdoor heaters completely and that governments, restaurant owners and landlords should be more responsible in using such heating.

Instead of phasing out outside heating completely and forcing everyone to wear various layers of thick clothing, or just not going out when it is cold, we could try the path of moderation instead of abstinence. This means we use less outdoor heaters or heaters which are more expensive. When resources are available and where locations allow, it may be better to use electric solutions instead. Quarts and ceramic lamps work just as well to emit radiant heat and do not need to be refilled with LPG or some other combustible gas, nor do they emit as much CO2 as gas powered patio heaters.

Some 'green' proponents have suggested we use solar lamps, which gather energy from the Sun during the day and light up at night for outdoor heating. However as many a supporter of outdoor heating will tell you, solar lamps just don't emit enough heat to stay warm or keep others warm around them. However, by combining all the available technologies we could perhaps come up with a better overall solution. By using renewable energy sources such as solar energy we could power quartz or ceramic lamps instead, thus making the system more cost effective, non-polluting and keeping almost everyone happy. Still, solar panels are still exorbitantly expensive, so much so that using them is almost as wasteful as the cost it would take to run gas powered heaters all year.

Joe Sotomayor is a leading expert in the outdoor furniture design.
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