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Editor’s
Notes: Here is a story that
will have little immediate effect on society:
the EPA “condemning” 80% of all wood burning stoves, primarily used in rural America, to heat their homes. Sounds like a terrible over-reach.
But, consider
this: the county in which you live, Mr. Rural America, enforces all burn restrictive, daily burn
law. They do not enter your home. Your home is safe. Your current wood burning stove is safely
hidden away. And, if you burn wood on red-hot coals standing
in 2 to 4 inches of ash, your chimney
will expel heat, not flames. The article is from NewsMax (below), but does not tell the full story. Understand that there are legal run-arounds for most laws. Look at what Obama is doing . . . . legal (for the most part) run arounds . . . . . good enough for him, good enough for those he is trying to harm.
EPA's Wood-Burning Stove Ban Deals Blow to Rural Homes
Tuesday,
18 Feb 2014 01:42 PM
By Cheryl K. Chumley
The Environmental Protection Agency recently imposed restrictions
on wood-burning stoves that will deal a blow to rural Americans who rely on
wood to heat
their homes.
Critics charge that the rule changes were enacted following pressure from environmental groups.
The EPA tightened restrictions in January on the level of fine airborne particulate emissions that wood-burning stoves can emit, from 15 micrograms per cubic meter to a maximum of 12 micrograms.
The EPA restrictions would ban the production and sale of the kinds of wood-burning stoves that compose 80 percent of those currently in use in the United States, Forbes reported.
"Although this is an ancient technology, it can provide a solution for high heating costs in many parts of the country," Laura Huggins, a
research fellow for both the Hoover Institution and the Property and Environment
Research Center, told Newsmax.
"With up to one-third of this country's energy consumption used for heating,
policymakers would be wise to consider the benefits of wood as a heat
source," Huggins said.
In the face of tightening economies and rising heating costs, more Americans have been turning to cheaper, archaic
sources for heat, especially those in poorer areas.
The number of households heating with wood grew 34 percent from 2000 to 2010, with 2.4 million
homes, or 2.1 percent of U.S. housing units, using wood as their primary
heating source, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly 10 million
additional homes use wood to supplement their primary heat source, the U.S.
Energy Information Administration disclosed . . . . . . . .
their homes.Critics charge that the rule changes were enacted following pressure from environmental groups.
The EPA tightened restrictions in January on the level of fine airborne particulate emissions that wood-burning stoves can emit, from 15 micrograms per cubic meter to a maximum of 12 micrograms.
The EPA restrictions would ban the production and sale of the kinds of wood-burning stoves that compose 80 percent of those currently in use in the United States, Forbes reported.
"Although this is an ancient technology, it can provide a solution for high heating
costs in many parts of the country," Laura Huggins, a
research fellow for both the Hoover Institution and the Property and Environment
Research Center, told Newsmax."With up to one-third of this country's energy consumption used for heating
,
policymakers would be wise to consider the benefits of wood as a heat
source," Huggins said.In the face of tightening economies and rising heating
costs, more Americans have been turning to cheaper, archaic
sources for heat, especially those in poorer areas.The number of households heating
with wood grew 34 percent from 2000 to 2010, with 2.4 million
homes, or 2.1 percent of U.S. housing units, using wood as their primary
heating source, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly 10 million
additional homes use wood to supplement their primary heat source, the U.S.
Energy Information Administration disclosed . . . . . . . . Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/US/heat-energy-wood-stoves/2014/02/18/id/553372#ixzz2tod8VyH1
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