EPA issue ban on wood stoves

[Happy Gilmore]

Government is why it costs so much to live today.

You got that right my brother!! Couldn't have hit that nail on the head any squarer!

 

[milkman]

They can have my woodstove when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
I think the Wolf Wolf Wolf comment was right on, keep 'em scared and stirred up.

 

[grsthegreat]

i hear that states like Calif actually have people that go around and look for chimney smoke so they can fine the people burning.

If that were to happen here in rural Idaho..... there would be some people missing.

 

[farmgirl19]

Actually, they will have a "whistleblower" account, and pay your neighbor to report you. No need to have agents go looking everywhere, they will just go to where the calls report the violators.

 

[grsthegreat]

Actually, they will have a "whistleblower" account, and pay your neighbor to report you. No need to have agents go looking everywhere, they will just go to where the calls report the violators.

well, can you see rural idahoians doing anything for the government..heck, we all want to succeed from the nation.

 

[DarkBlack]

California wannabe-Utah- "It was to that end that Gov. Gary Herbert made steps to clean Utahç—´ air a focal point of his annual State of the State speech. He called for a ban on wood-burning stoves during the winter-inversion months December through February"

What a joke. This country's losing core human values fast.

 

[zzvyb6]

When woodstoves are banned, only criminals will have woodstoves.

 

[Loren49]

http://www2.epa.gov/sites/productio...ed_wood_heater_nsps_overview_fact_sheet_1.pdf

Today’s proposed rule would not affect existing woodstoves and other wood-burning
heaters currently in use in people’s homes. The proposal also would not apply to outdoor
fireplaces, pizza ovens, barbecues or chimineas, and it would not apply to new or existing
heaters that are fueled solely by oil, gas or coal. In addition, the proposal would not prohibit
or restrict the use of wood-burning appliances for residential heating.


EPA estimates the benefits of the proposed requirements for new residential wood heaters
at $1.8 to $4.2 billion annually, with costs estimated at $15.7 million – or $118 to $267 in
benefits for every dollar spent to comply. The projected benefits do not include the value of
the carbon monoxide, VOCs, air toxics (including formaldehyde, benzene and polycyclic
organic matter), and black carbon emissions that would be reduced along with PM
emissions.

 In addition to the health benefits provided by the proposed rule, wood heaters meeting the
proposed standards generally would be more efficient than older ones, meaning
homeowners will be able to heat their homes using less wood.


Much more information at this site. No mention of many of the things some on this thread state.

Air Pollution in Asia: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map
Go to this site for some education on air pollution problems.

My primary source of heat is wood. Nothing in the EPA proposal restricts any of us other than future purchases. Similar to auto emissions policies over the last few decades. Air pollution levels are much better than in the good old days.
History of Air Pollution | Air Research | Research Priorities | Research | US EPA
Air pollution in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The effects of these laws have been very positive. In the United States between 1970 and 2006, citizens enjoyed the following reductions in annual pollution emissions:[2]

carbon monoxide emissions fell from 197 million tons to 89 million tons
nitrogen oxide emissions fell from 27 million tons to 19 million tons
sulfur dioxide emissions fell from 31 million tons to 15 million tons
particulate emissions fell by 80%
lead emissions fell by more than 98%

Loren
Loren

 

[farmgirl19]

It would not prohibit OR RESTRICT the use of wood burning appliances for residential heating.

Very next paragraph speaks of the requirements of residential wood heaters.

Must be more of that government double speak, but I smell a rat!

 

[CHDinCT]

Glad I bought a wood stove three years ago. I knew this was coming as well as probably state bans on wood stoves. The problem with all these emissions standards is that for a wood stove, the person running it has more impact on the emissions rate than anything else, and that's not something the mfg's can control for.

Clean air? Of course who wouldn't want cleaner air, but the question is at what cost? Can anyone truly say that if these matters were put to the people that many if any would pass a vote? I say government of the people, by the people, for the people is dead. At what point does large scale civil disobedience start?