[ProtectOurFreedom]

Until now, the district has not regulated indoor burning of wood.

But then the Nanny Staters realized their mistake and began writing new regs to control yet another aspect of our miserable little lives.

This is only the camel's nose under the tent. Their real objective is to completely outlaw wood burning.

The paper today said that enforcement will depend on neighbors turning in neighbors. First fine will be $50, rising quickly to $1,000 for subsequent violations!

[chaos_5]

It’s San Franfreeko, IMO I hope they ban everything. Liberals deserve no less.

[Vince Ferrer]

Denver has had this for decades. I’m not sure how much it reduces pollution, though. And the bay area doesn’t exactly get cold in the winter, so I wonder how many people use a fireplace anyway.

[umgud]

We have enforcement of this in my town. The Air Board NAZI”S actually drive around whith heat guns detecting heat in chimeneys.

[Myrddin]

I have 10 cords of wood stacked on the basketball court. I watched Enter the Dragon on HD-DVD while sitting in front of a cozy fire. I don't miss California at all.

[americanophile]

That the liberals stand for protecting civil liberties is a claim I place on par with Islam being the religion of peace. What a bunch of commie totalitarians.

[Carry_Okie]

Their real objective is to completely outlaw wood burning.

Correct. The sponsors of the NRDC want to sell more natural gas at higher prices. They don't give a crap about an overstocked forest.

[jonrick46]

There were times in this country when wood and coal were the principle energy sources in the home. Such baked the bread, boiled the water and kept the family from freezing in the winter. The chief causes of death were influenza, diphtheria, and lung disease in the form of tuberculosis. Child birth was another leading cause. I am sure the air quality in the 18th century home was no better than the cave when early man used fire to keep warm. Man has inhaled wood smoke for eons. There has been little concern for lung disease from such smoke until we have allowed socialists with the desire to control people’s lives to exist.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

I am lighting an extra huge fire in the fireplace tonight ... I don’t care if I have to don shorts and run the AC to keep it comfortable in the house. Damn these nannystaters!

[Jack of all Trades]

Bizarre. I heat primarily with wood, and as a result offset the use of at least 700 gallons of heating oil. This season it’s going to be especially nice not to see the delivery truck in my driveway.

My stove runs 24/7 from November through March, and it only smokes if I put too much wood on a low fire, which is rare.

Wood. Good for America, good for your pocket.

[Jack of all Trades]

Ping

[Publius6961]

Under the proposed rule, people in the nine Bay Area counties who burn on bad air nights would be subject to a ticket and small fine.

"This isn't about tickets,. but having the public participate in a wood smoke reduction strategy to protect public health," said Karen Schkolnick, a spokeswoman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

It's great to see that the controllers are being consistent. I am just amazed that the word voluntary isn't used more throughout. That's the way these things always begin...

Think seat belts... second hand smoke...

Fortunately, cheating is out of the question. I can see a whistleblower hotlineline being well used after spotting the tell-tale smoke.

[Just another Joe]

"This isn't about tickets, but having the public participate in a wood smoke reduction strategy to protect public health,"

Yeh, OK, then as a punishment for the tickets they will have community service.
Right?

[Publius6961]

This is only the camel's nose under the tent. Their real objective is to completely outlaw wood burning.

Here in the California Central Valley, it's been a fact more or less for at least 30 years. In my neighborhood, half the homes built as long ago as 1974 do not have fireplaces.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Make them stop! All that smoke comes into the Central Valley and stays trapped in the natural inversion for the winter! Make the Bay people stop carbon polluting!

[Clovis_Skeptic]

This has been going on here in Fresno,ca (central valley) for some time now.

Makes sense huh? Energy prices skyrocket, utility companies cry conserve, conserve, but dont dare burn wood for heat.

In another article, the forest service cant find enough loggers to cut and haul away trees out of the forest due to the enviro’s destroying that industry, and here now we cant burn the wood.

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

BBQ’s are next...or have they already outlawed them too?