EPA Makes Most Wood Stoves Illegal

First time accepted submitter Jody Bruchon writes "The Environment Protection Agency has lowered the amount of fine-particle matter per cubic meter that new wood stoves are allowed to release into the atmosphere by 20%. Most wood stoves in use today are of the type that is now illegal to manufacture or sell, and old stoves traded in for credit towards new ones must be scrapped out. This shouldn't be much of a surprise since more and more local governments are banning wood-burning stoves and fireplaces entirely, citing smog and air pollution concerns."

Comments

Re:Wonderful logic

[Nimey]

The EPA says that new-build woodstoves have to emit 20% less particulate pollution and teabaggers think that means that ZOMG GOVERNMENT IS OUTLAWING WOODBURNING COMPLETELY.

Teabagger truthiness never ceases to depress me.

Re:When are they going to weigh-in on

[Bartles]

Once you realize that the modern American political definition of liberal no longer has any basis with the latin word liber, the phrase liberal fascism starts to make sense, particularly in the context of modern American liberalism.

Re:I don't know how to feel about this.

[Nimey]

but you end up with things like mandating air bags for cars which effectively halts any other research to make collisions more survivable.

:facepalm: Yeeahh. Because my '05 Civic is no better at protecting occupants from a collision than my old airbag-equipped '93 Mustang was. Fuckwit.

Re:Which company bought this 'new' rule?

[Nimey]

Again, you're so small-minded that you can't conceive that air pollution (smoke) is bad for other people.

I must have been *imagining* that my dad's woodstove made me use my inhaler more often. Fuckwit.

Re:Which company bought this 'new' rule?

[Bing Tsher E]

Taking away the right to vote?

We need a citation that that one. It actually diminishes the power of peoples' legitimate right to vote when cheating is encouraged or allowed at the polls, btw.