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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:55 AM Original message |
The new evil, fireplaces. Next up BBQ's, Camp Fires, Cooking (wood fires = smoking ) |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm guessing that this is really about a cigarette ban somewhere |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. I guess generation of electricity causes no pollution at all ... |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. At a coal-burning power plant, scrubbers can be installed to minimize the pollution. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Very good point! n/t |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Heh! Second hand campfires. They always told you to not pee in the campfire. |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm guessing these people live in big cities with a reliable heating infrastructure |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. In Crested Butte Colorado for 30 years we had to have |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. What else would a corporation tell you? |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. +1 |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. So it's your position that the fact that cigarettes cause cancer is "foolery" |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. So it is your position that cars/fires don't have health affects? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. FTW |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. So when god starts a forest fire |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because the generation of coal fired electricity |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Some years ago I read an article about a fireplace designed in Germany |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Eff em |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. They will get my BBQs from me when they pry them from my cold dead hands |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I have your back. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. What a load of shit. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wood vs electric. Isn't most electric produced by using coal or some |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Electric produces less pollution per BTU. |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. What exactly does an "electric" fireplace look like? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Yep. |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. I knew I shouldn't have shaved my fur off. |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Lol! n/t |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. For those convinced fireplaces can do no wrong: Killer Smog and the Clean Air Acts |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. To be fair, few people in the United States burn coal in their fire place. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. How are things on your side of the pond? Haven't heard much since the student riots. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. There are resignations going on, but Cameron will stay for the moment |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. A fire place is actually a very inefficient way to heat a home, as opposed |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. I guess my |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. poor bastards |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. How does protecting Rich American fireplace users help them? |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. fireplace is a fireplace |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. We have more efficient alternatives, they do not |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. ??? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. We don't have to burn wood for heat, it is an inefficient luxury |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. how?? |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. Why is it when a sacrifice should be made it's the "people" |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I wonder how many times I have to use my wood stove |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yep.. it's crazy. |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. +1 n/t |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. And what about the effects of third-hand fireplace emissions?! |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. thats not shit |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. Homeless fires will be next. They want you to freeze to death. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. Outlaw forest fires? |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. My head is spinning at the comments here |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Wisely put. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. I rarely use my fireplace |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Are you still breathing? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. Fireplace burning is commonly banned here |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
46. We have the wood pellet stove linked below. It recycles the gasses from the burned |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. How do fireplaces and wood stoves compare |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. i wish someone would ban fireplaces here too lol |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. As a suburban fixture used occasionally, the fireplace isn't a big deal. But if people begin... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
56. Lame. I love a nice wood-burning fireplace. Too bad it has been a while since we have used ours. |
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