Another odd fact is that wood, left to rot in the forest, will decompose to its basic elements, producing greenhouse gasses as a byproduct.
Yet EPA lets one ship dump 700+ tons of coal ash into Lake Michigan each year. Priorities.
http://www.epa.gov/r5water/npdestek/badger/
FWIW, small mountain towns develop quite severe pollution during winter nights from wood stove operation. Temperature inversion and all that.
Degree of pollution is a measurable fact. Regulatory response is a decision that is, or should be, based on the facts.
They would really the one I use to heat my garage, it is an old Franklin stove and on really cold days I add some coal to the wood and watch the big black clouds billow out of the chimney.
I have a wood stove about 10 years old.
It is an amazing piece of technology.
Once I have it going (30 minutes or so)...
There is NO smoke coming out of the chimney.
I feed it a few split oak logs every once in while (every 1-2 hours).
And it keeps the house nice and toasty.
If I were the Saudis - I would ban them and cut down all the forests!
I thought the EPA had plans to ban wood burning stoves altogether and that the stoves would have to be destroyed by being cut up like in the cash for clunkers program.
***older stoves waste firewood and pollute the air in your neighborhood,***
So does prescribed burns and forest fires. What’s the big deal!
Regulators must regulate. If they can’t find something to regulate they will make something up.
Somebody help me out, I thought way back when, hitlary was promoting having a wood burning stove in all the huts in 3rd world countries. Did I dream that??
Great!
It's not like firewood grows on trees!
Oh ... wait ... never mind...