[Greenbuilding] No place for wood burning fireplaces in GreenBuilding

[Kat]

Wait a minute, "pollution," to me, implies too much of something.  There are "acceptable levels" of pollutants: non-harmful 
levels.  Burning a wood fire in the middle of nowhere isn't going to hurt anyone.  It's not going to build up and make smog. 
He wasn't suggesting that it was okay to be inefficient just because you're in the middle of nowhere, he was just saying that 
the nasty-factor isn't as great.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rushd45" <RushD45 at ironandwood.org>
To: <greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] No place for wood burning fireplaces in GreenBuilding


Paul wrote -


> Not to suggest that the most efficient wood burning methods
> aren't the most desirable for various reasons, but...
>
> It would be interesting to put this into perspective by
> assessing the absolute and relative magnitude of particulates
> from woodsmoke.  In rural areas, woodsmoke may be a large
> fraction of a small total.  In urban areas like Toronto,
> I'll bet that particulates from woodsmoke is a very small
> fraction of an unacceptably large number.


You seem to be implying that is acceptable to pollute the rural areas because of the small proportion of particulates in 
comparison to urban areas.

A double standard, right? Sort of like if there are a group of people in a big room and I smoke a cigarette in the corner, 
and everybody else is in the opposite corner, it is alright?

Sounds to me as if your perspective is a little skewed...

Rush
Tucson AZ
www.ironandwood.org


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