tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post5891268624827791535..comments2024-03-28T06:18:02.329-07:00Comments on Heated Up!: Bill to overturn outdoor wood boiler regulations fails to pass Utah LegislatureJohn Ackerlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548459677032843743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-321964144964045932013-04-03T08:20:14.284-07:002013-04-03T08:20:14.284-07:00I see. your reply is directed at the comment above...I see. your reply is directed at the comment above, not at our story. Thanks for sharing the link to the EPA report. Melissa Bollmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071484061477186746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-46738232473174361992013-04-03T04:58:19.484-07:002013-04-03T04:58:19.484-07:00The in-service test data was cited as being from a...The in-service test data was cited as being from an EPA report: 600/R-00/100. Use this link to see the report: http://nepis.epa.gov/Adobe/PDF/P100AJ4A.pdf <br />Table 3-9 of the report has the 11.06 g/hr emission value. It should be noted that the value reported in the table is 11.06 +/- 8.05 g/hr. So there was a lot of variability in the data - not surprizing for residential cordwood stoves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-73643280999116924962013-03-27T07:28:07.679-07:002013-03-27T07:28:07.679-07:00What test data are you referring to? I don't t...What test data are you referring to? I don't think we mention any in the story. Melissa Bollmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071484061477186746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-90211894752880229082013-03-26T14:03:43.234-07:002013-03-26T14:03:43.234-07:00Where do you obtain your in-service test data from...Where do you obtain your in-service test data from? At best it is erroneous, at worst, it is a blatant lie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-26784762163432005322013-03-18T15:33:55.577-07:002013-03-18T15:33:55.577-07:00Congrats on your success! The best way to build o...Congrats on your success! The best way to build on it and clean up the wood heating industry is for people to refuse to buy the current polluting monstrosities.<br /><br />In-service tests of EPA certified Phase 2 stoves found they emitted 11.06 grams of PM2.5 per hour (EPA report 600/R-00/100). <br /><br />That means they emit more PM2.5 (the most health-hazardous air pollutant, responsible for about 20 times as many premature deaths as the next worst pollutant, ozone) as a new diesel 4WD or sports utility vehicle does in a year.<br /><br />Woodstoves will have their place if new emissions standards can make them as clean as the average new car. Until then, people should make their homes as energy efficient as possible and use the money they save from not buying a new woodstove to install solar cells, solar hot water, or a heat pump.<br /><br />This is much better for our health and will help to reduce climate change. Current stoves are so polluting that they will causes more global warming over then next 20 years than heating 12 similar homes with gas http://woodsmoke.3sc.net/greenhouse<br /><br />As you will know, The American Lung Association "strongly recommends using cleaner, less toxic sources of heat. Converting a wood-burning fireplace or stove to use either natural gas or propane will eliminate exposure to the dangerous toxins wood burning generates including dioxin, arsenic and formaldehyde” see http://www.lungusa.org/press-room/press-releases/cleaner-alternatives-for-winter-heat.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00936510966162415479noreply@blogger.com