EPA Wants to Snuff out Wood and Pellet Stoves

[NMC_EXP]

I'd heard nothing about this in the news but ran across an article about it online.

Seems the EPA has issued notice that it plans to reduce emissions from wood and pellet stoves.

Here is a link to the article:


http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/e...-pellet-stoves

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It took more than six weeks before the new EPA rules on wood and pellet stoves percolated into the media, which then generated pushback ranging from anger to outrage.

The new rules impose a maximum of fine airborne particulate emissions from 15 micrograms per cubic meter of air down to 12. As Larry Bell, writing at Forbes, put it:

"To put this amount in context ... secondhand tobacco smoke in a closed-car can expose a person to 3,000-4,000 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter."

That will virtually end the burning of wood for heat or cooking in the United States, according to Reg Kelly, the owner and operator of Earth Outdoor Furnaces in Mountain Grove, Missouri: “There’s not a stove in the United States that can pass the test right now — this is the death knell of any wood burning.”

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Link to .gov doc titled "OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED UPDATES TO AIR EMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL WOOD HEATERS":

http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production...ct_sheet_1.pdf

This webpage contains info & links on how to make comments on this proposed regulation. I have no idea if a citizen submitting a "no" opinion on something like this makes a damn bit of difference but it only takes a couple of minutes to do.

Jim

[Chris]

I'll read the link later but initially I don't put much credence in a website owned by the John Birch Society.

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Chris previously posted:

[Chris]

NMC_EXP previously posted:

[NMC_EXP]

A person should not implicitly trust anything he reads. That goes for progressive publications as well.

As one of my college profs was fond of saying:

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinions. No one is entitled to his own facts."

[Chris]

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[glacierpaul]

There Is No Way This Will Happen,If It Does They Will Have An Entire Mountain Folk Uprising . First Our Guns/Ammo , Healthcare, Now My Woodstove......Good Luck!

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[Tom]

Lived in MT for a number of years. Most of the state would be without heat if this passed.

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[Rick]

glacierpaul previously posted:

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Rick previously posted:

[glacierpaul]

Honestly, that song makes me tear up... a lot of Floyd songs do in fact, one of my fav's for sure! Grew up on it in fact.
Back to this dilemma, actually "existing" ones are not out of the woods, pun intended, if our home owners insurance decides that they will not insure older stoves then we are f***ed. I had to send pic's of my stove and piping to my insurance for the underwriter, I had just redid the piping, but my old stove has lost the brick lining over time and may be a contention for the underwriter, I have not heard back yet. This thread hit my memory of this and now has me re thinking what I said. All may have to comply if the underwriters decide so, and we want to have coverage.

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glacierpaul previously posted:

[glacierpaul]

I'm pretty sure it is reality! Insurance is one of the biggest rackets in our country, now Obamacare. Of course there is a public/private partnership between the 'government' and the insurance industry.

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