FYI, various people have told me that burning pine is bad and builds up tar in the flue which can lead to chimney fires.

On the other hand, other people have told that if you burn pine hot enough it doesn't really matter.

Your thoughts?

(My yard is pretty much all trash (not sugar) maples, so it hasn't been an issue for me. I did have one cedar that died and I would burn a log of that from time to time, but it is all gone.