Some people really seem to have it in for some of you guys :(

DING! DING! DING!!! Scotty Wins!

 

I thank you very much for nominating me in a category that doesn't yet exist.

 

It does now

 

Scotty hit the nail on the head. Oil and coal industries have lobbyists and money, wood-burners do not (at least I don't).

I'll second the notion that the older stoves can burn clean too, although not as clean as the newer ones I'm sure. I burn a Fisher that's going on 40 years old, very little smoke and junk in the chimney. I don't do anything special except keep the wood burning at the right temperature and try to let it season for 2 years (after this winter it will be 3).

 

You people are lost.. Oil doesn't produce NEARLY as much pollution as wood does!!

 

I'll bet you've been as surprised as I have over the years SM, that more photos and videos of those hundreds of oil wells on fire for many months, weren't put out on the internet more than they were. The US mainstream media has failed on so many levels to report actually important news to Americans for so long it's criminal. Thx for the vids.

 

Stinny, You're welcome. I agree with your sentiment wholeheartedly.....

 

I remember being so pizzzzzzed off at the way it all was portrayed in the news. I remember the backstory that stopping those fires was going to be almost impossible and that it was going to take years. 600-700 screaming oil fires turning the skies black, as seen from space. That crew from Texas seemed to be the only people on the planet who had a chance... they got em all out in what... 7-8 months? Incredible risk involved on every one. Barely a mention of all that was involved and the overwhelming environmental disaster that was started by yet another tinpot dictator, and stopped by good old American cowboy know-how.

Sorry... I'm just so sick and tired of good decent courageous people getting no credit for the sacrifices they make while the news reports the latest Kardashian drama. There... how's that fer skiddin off the rails...

 

Isn't that a specialty of ours?

 

Thats how to do it in style.

 

Yeah... What were we talking about?

 

... awesome!!!

 

Now that I'm back thinkin' about just the pollution, here's a vid that shows just a little of it. Imagine 10- 20 times more.

 

Ummm.......everyone missed the obvious fact that New Hampshire, indeed, has nothing but clean air! Back to living free with my clean burning stove before I die of cold. Cheers!

 

Scotty your post contradicts itself, first you say we are a small problem (which we are) and then you say "The Man" is not making money off of us, I say BS to that, we dont amount to a hill of beans in the scope of things. "The Man" is getting hurt a lot more by well built houses, insulation, new windows, and energy efficient cars and the list goes on and on.
"Paranoia will destroy ya"

 

I think we as woodburners have two big hurldes we have to face.

1. Wood burning has a big human element to it. Its not a thermostat you flip to get our heat. It takes practice, patience and a willingness to want to burn clean. A good new EPA approved cat stove can still burn badly in the hands of the wrong person. The idiot factor is huge.

2. The dirty part of our emissions from out heating choice is right next door to our neighbors (especially in city settings) whereas the nasty part of electricity and natural gas generation is usually much further away from populations.

Education of the public is huge for us.

 

I think being independent and less reliant on "the man" is important...whether its by wood heat or more efficient houses.

 

The old ways die hard. Just had a friend of mine tell me he was going to hose his stack of oak every day that it was above freezing for the next week cause it's "too dry and burns too fast." It's black oak that has been cut, split and stacked for 3 years. I didn't argue with him instead I referred him to this site in hopes he may "get a clue."

 

Nope I learned some time back not to