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- From: jberlin@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: pollution from woodburning fireplace
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.135608.1885@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 13:56:08 EST
- References: <1hr11tINNilk@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Dec30.104335.8089@mr.med.ge.com> <JMC.92Dec30061125@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
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- In article <JMC.92Dec30061125@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>, jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy) writes:
- > Not just any wood for David Hinz's stove - old growth hardwood no less.
- >
- > Split atoms, not wood.
- > --
- > John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
- > *
- > He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
- >
- --
-
- Yes, what is the matter with you woodburners, you think that stuff
- grows on trees or something! Some nice things about a woodstove, they
- will work just fine after a powerline downing ice storm, the newer ones
- with a catalytic afterburner put out very little particulate matter when
- fired properly. One who cuts and splits his own wood with manual tools
- does not have to do useless things like jogging or motoring over to the
- health spa to get exercise. One can keep his living area a cozy 80+
- degrees and the sleep areas of the house in the 60's. One can burn up
- the deadfall from his trees and not send the stuff to the landfill or
- pollute the neighborhood with the sound of one of those *#@$%!!! chipper/
- shredder things. All Real Americans have woodstoves, or want one.
- (smiley face here)
-
- Jim Berlin
-
- "The opinions and views expressed here are strictly my own and do not
- necessarily reflect the official position of either the U.S. Air Force
- or its contractors."
-
-