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Seriously? They banned having a fire in the fireplace on Christmas? Now they're telling us what we can and can't do within the confines of our own property. A fire in the fireplace is strictly out of the question. How ridiculous a notion that someone might actually use their fireplace on Christmas. Here's your government for you!
I would love to see them try to enforce that around here.
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I can kinda see it in terms of it being a low of 45° over the holiday.
Since it's 17° here, they deserve punishment.
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How embarrassing.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Without fail, millions of people must suffer the absurdity of some idiot politicians pushing their agenda.
Couldn't you argue that celebrating Christmas including the burning of fire falls squarely under the protection of the 1st amendment?
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Shitty job #231: writing tickets for this in Oakland.
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I can kinda see it in terms of it being a low of 45° over the holiday.
Since it's 17° here, they deserve punishment.
I mean, I find it absurd no matter what temperature it is outside.
I feel bad for whatever dumb schmucks they make write out the citations. That's one way to be universally hated overnight.
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Shitty job #231: writing tickets for this in Oakland.
Beat me to it
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We have "no burn days" here in Phoenix. That is one reason why this went from this:
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We have "no burn days" here in Phoenix. That is one reason why this went from this:
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Unconstitutional.
Plain and Simple.
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What if you heat your house with a Pellet Stove? Some of these politicians NEED to have a couple of tons of cow poo dumped on their doorsteps.
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Is it true that certain kinds of wood burn dirty and contribute significantly to air pollution?
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Someone apparently needs a wood smoke awareness class.
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Seriously?
Yes. Seriously. Spare the air alerts are issued for a reason.
Originally Posted by besson3c
Is it true that certain kinds of wood burn dirty and contribute significantly to air pollution?
It's not so much about the type of wood, but that certain weather conditions cause particulate matter to accumulate at ground level more than it normally does.
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I'm going to guess it's related to being an a valley.
We're flat here and usually get a strong wind off the lake. We get weird, trapped air weather patterns, but they happen in summer and are entirely air pressure related.
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That said, I'd imagine Pittsburg thinks you're a bunch of pussies.
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Funny... anyone there wait until 12am on the 25th to light their fire?
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ridiculous. Around here people heat their homes with wood, not just for decorative (ie, christmas) reasons.
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Originally Posted by Snow-i
Without fail, millions of people must suffer the absurdity of some idiot politicians pushing their agenda.
An agenda of clean air?
Originally Posted by BadKosh
What if you heat your house with a Pellet Stove? Some of these politicians NEED to have a couple of tons of cow poo dumped on their doorsteps.
Originally Posted by andi*pandi
ridiculous. Around here people heat their homes with wood, not just for decorative (ie, christmas) reasons.
The only exemption is homes where fireplaces or stoves are the only heat source.
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I suppose this thread is a prime example of ideology trumping basic facts. The areas in the country that have restrictions like this have serious SMOG issues due to huge populations and geographic conditions that cause particulates to accumulate. Unlike what our good friends on the right like to believe, the local governments in these situations aren't going out of their way to give conservatives a hard time. The issue is CLEAN AIR. Unless of course there are those who believe their "constitutional" right to use their fireplace supersedes everyone else's rights to breathe clean air.
Sorry, but I give such complaints about as much credence as I did for smokers who convince themselves that everyone else has to catch lung cancer from their secondhand smoke so they could exercise their so-called "rights".
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Originally Posted by OAW
I suppose this thread is a prime example of ideology trumping basic facts. The areas in the country that have restrictions like this have serious SMOG issues due to huge populations and geographic conditions that cause particulates to accumulate. Unlike what our good friends on the right like to believe, the local governments in these situations aren't going out of their way to give conservatives a hard time. The issue is CLEAN AIR. Unless of course there are those who believe their "constitutional" right to use their fireplace supersedes everyone else's rights to breathe clean air.
Sorry, but I give such complaints about as much credence as I did for smokers who convince themselves that everyone else has to catch lung cancer from their secondhand smoke so they could exercise their so-called "rights".
OAW
At the very least, it seems that people like Snow-i went of a little half-cocked by not at least acknowledging this argument.
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Originally Posted by OAW
I suppose this thread is a prime example of ideology trumping basic facts. The areas in the country that have restrictions like this have serious SMOG issues due to huge populations and geographic conditions that cause particulates to accumulate. Unlike what our good friends on the right like to believe, the local governments in these situations aren't going out of their way to give conservatives a hard time. The issue is CLEAN AIR. Unless of course there are those who believe their "constitutional" right to use their fireplace supersedes everyone else's rights to breathe clean air.
Sorry, but I give such complaints about as much credence as I did for smokers who convince themselves that everyone else has to catch lung cancer from their secondhand smoke so they could exercise their so-called "rights".
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So... what if personal fireplace use in Phoenix, AZ or San Francisco, CA is actually the least contributing factor to SMOG in those regions and rather than deal with more politically difficult decisisions determined it'd be much easier to APPEAR to be doing something by infringing on your rights first?
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They TRICKED ME! The Gov't didn't charge tax on my Pellet Stove when I bought it. The pellets are tax free too because it's a renewable energy source, so says the FedGov. So I will freeze to death in my uninsulated San Fran house with no heat. Is the electricity in San Fran coal powered, Hydro electric, or Nuke?
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Originally Posted by OAW
I suppose this thread is a prime example of ideology trumping basic facts. The areas in the country that have restrictions like this have serious SMOG issues due to huge populations and geographic conditions that cause particulates to accumulate. Unlike what our good friends on the right like to believe, the local governments in these situations aren't going out of their way to give conservatives a hard time. The issue is CLEAN AIR. Unless of course there are those who believe their "constitutional" right to use their fireplace supersedes everyone else's rights to breathe clean air.
Sorry, but I give such complaints about as much credence as I did for smokers who convince themselves that everyone else has to catch lung cancer from their secondhand smoke so they could exercise their so-called "rights".
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This comes off like you won't even acknowledge the idea sounds stupid.
I'm not saying it is stupid, but I don't think there's a question it sounds that way.
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Originally Posted by ebuddy
So... what if personal fireplace use in Phoenix, AZ or San Francisco, CA is actually the least contributing factor to SMOG in those regions and rather than deal with more politically difficult decisisions determined it'd be much easier to APPEAR to be doing something by infringing on your rights first?
Please... the same crowd quick to jump at rights being infringed upon with fireplaces would have been all over businesses being infringed upon by being forced to clean up their factories, or whatever. There is no way to win, because there are many conservatives who can't separate their emotions with the problems associated with air pollution and other environmental stress along these lines with the hippy or global warming movement.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
Please... the same crowd quick to jump at rights being infringed upon with fireplaces would have been all over businesses being infringed upon by being forced to clean up their factories, or whatever. There is no way to win, because there are many conservatives who can't separate their emotions with the problems associated with air pollution and other environmental stress along these lines with the hippy or global warming movement.
I have no problem with regulation as long as it acknowledges the needs of smaller businesses and start-ups. They almost never do and it becomes a partnership between government and large corporations (including croneyism in the regulative authority) that resembles a marriage that shapes your laws and alienates the backbone of our economy. If not kept in check, the inconveniences become more convenient for you than your employees in government. Also, if these regions have a seasonal hot/cold inversion layer that traps particulates, I might understand heightened awareness periods in those regions. No one is saying any such thing so I don't know.
Otherwise, it looks like a soda ban to me.
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Originally Posted by ebuddy
I have no problem with regulation as long as it acknowledges the needs of smaller businesses and start-ups. They almost never do and it becomes a partnership between government and large corporations (including croneyism in the regulative authority) that resembles a marriage that shapes your laws and alienates the backbone of our economy. If not kept in check, the inconveniences become more convenient for you than your employees in government. Also, if these regions have a seasonal hot/cold inversion layer that traps particulates, I might understand heightened awareness periods in those regions. No one is saying any such thing so I don't know.
Otherwise, it looks like a soda ban to me.
This seems reasonable.
If this issue was met with some thoughtful investigation rather than what seemed to be knee-jerk reactionary stuff I would have had no problem with it. I don't have an opinion about fireplaces.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
This seems reasonable.
If this issue was met with some thoughtful investigation rather than what seemed to be knee-jerk reactionary stuff I would have had no problem with it. I don't have an opinion about fireplaces.
What kind of investigation would you like besson?
They banned fires in fireplaces for Christmas, and wrote people tickets for celebrating their religion in a traditional fashion.
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Originally Posted by OAW
I suppose this thread is a prime example of ideology trumping basic facts. The areas in the country that have restrictions like this have serious SMOG issues due to huge populations and geographic conditions that cause particulates to accumulate. Unlike what our good friends on the right like to believe, the local governments in these situations aren't going out of their way to give conservatives a hard time. The issue is CLEAN AIR. Unless of course there are those who believe their "constitutional" right to use their fireplace supersedes everyone else's rights to breathe clean air.
Sorry, but I give such complaints about as much credence as I did for smokers who convince themselves that everyone else has to catch lung cancer from their secondhand smoke so they could exercise their so-called "rights".
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Quite frankly, what I do on my own property is none of your, or the government's business. I would love to see the citation for the appreciable effects fires in one fireplace has on air quality. I'd betcha all my christmas gifts that you will be hard pressed to produce a solid reason for violating the 1st amendment rights of an entire city.
I'm not sure what scares me more - the government suspending basic constitutional rights for ambiguous "environmental" concerns or the fact that "our friends on the left" are willing to accept and champion any regulation on the left just because some dolt in a suit with a (D) after their name says so. Hell, wikipedia doesn't even have a citation for the claim that wood fires contribute significantly to air pollution. In fact, the one citation provided in that section is from a New Mexico state "guide to burning wood for heat" that makes no mention of health effects beyond the usual disclaimer.
I'll ask you, OAW, for what reason do you support suspending 1st amendment rights? You'll need to do better then "because a government said so."
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^^
That's the other angle.
You have your Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas.
That's three goddamn days. Somewhat bad air for three days is countered by not-bad air for 362.
This is my overall problem with environmentally concerned people. No concept of give and take.
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^^
Not sure I buy fires being a 1st Amendment issue.
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Not sure I buy fires being a 1st Amendment issue.
Under freedom of religion? A fire in the fireplace is a hallmark of the Christian holiday. It's a tradition in my family, and I'm sure many, many others. I consider it to be an integral part of the holiday, and therefore covered unequivocally by freedom of religion.
Then again it doesn't really matter, as the left has no interest in upholding the freedoms contained therein if it conflicts with whatever agenda the left's got this time around (in this case, taking the christ out of christmas).
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Originally Posted by Snow-i
What kind of investigation would you like besson?
Read the thread.
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^^
What if my religion involves human sacrifice?
That's an extreme example, but my point is there is unquestionably a line, we're only discussing where it is.
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What if my religion involves human sacrifice?
That's an extreme example, but my point is there is unquestionably a line, we're only discussing where it is.
Yes, and my point is that he kind of exploded into this thread without even acknowledging the issue of clean air, which makes me wonder if this wasn't investigated/considered.
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I counter with what I said above.
It's two days out of 365. The system strikes me as being needlessly rigid.
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Also, paying citations is against my religion.
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Originally Posted by subego
I counter with what I said above.
It's two days. The system strikes me as being needlessly rigid.
It might very well be.
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Well, that's what he's pissed about.
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Originally Posted by subego
Well, that's what he's pissed about.
If he wants to make that argument it would be stronger if he didn't pretend that there was no counter argument to make, and painting this issue as being a lopsided issue of evil government infringement. This might be a case of infringement, or it might be a reasonable measure to protect the environment.
When seat belts were made mandatory, or motorcycle helmets in states that require them, I'm sure there were plenty of people that thought that government was infringing upon them, but there are reasonable arguments to be made to enforce them in terms of protecting the individual the rule is being enforced upon, but also and perhaps more importantly, to protect other people from the actions of others physically and financially.
So, is this law more of a crazy unreasonable infringement, or more like seat belt/motorcycle helmet laws, and why/how?
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There is no counter-argument to make. There is no possible way the effects of two days of unrestricted fireplaces per year are anything but negligible.
I can see how the counter-rationale is being misapplied, but that's not a counter-argument.
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Originally Posted by subego
There is no counter-argument to make. There is no possible way the effects of two days of unrestricted fireplaces per year are anything but negligible.
I can see how the counter-rationale is being misapplied, but that's not a counter-argument.
How do you know that to be true?
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Because I smoke about 50 cigarettes a day, and have for 20 years.
To paraphrase Bill Hicks, if you can't handle two days of fire in the fireplace, you have weak DNA.
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Perhaps a more elegant implementation of this law would be to ban the dirtiest/tarriest kinds of wood? Would this be practical?
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Jeebus. The solution is to let people use the fireplace on Christmas.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
Perhaps a more elegant implementation of this law would be to ban the dirtiest/tarriest kinds of wood? Would this be practical?
Is this your new cause de jour? Banning fireplaces or regulating wood burning? What are you basing the need for any regulation on? There's practically 0 evidence that wood burning contributes to smog in any significant manner. It's hogwash, yet here you are jumping on the band wagon of taking away liberties and you don't even know why, only that those guys on "your" team want it and therefore you want it too.
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Because I smoke about 50 cigarettes a day, and have for 20 years.
To paraphrase Bill Hicks, if you can't handle two days of fire in the fireplace, you have weak DNA.
I don't find that to be a compelling argument, but I'm too lazy to want to research the environmental impact of burning wood, so meh...
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Originally Posted by Snow-i
Is this your new cause de jour? Banning fireplaces or regulating wood burning? What are you basing the need for any regulation on? There's practically 0 evidence that wood burning contributes to smog in any significant manner. It's hogwash, yet here you are jumping on the band wagon of taking away liberties and you don't even know why, only that those guys on "your" team want it and therefore you want it too.
Wood fuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The environmental impact of burning wood fuel is debatable. Several cities have moved towards setting standards of use and/or bans of wood burning fireplaces. For example, the city of Montréal, Québec passed a resolution to ban wood fireplace installation in new construction. However many wood burning advocates claim[weasel words] that properly harvested wood is carbon-neutral, therefore off-setting the negative impact of by-product particles given off during the burning process.
Hence my thinking to focus on the wood.
Ignoring the emotional stuff about teams.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
I don't find that to be a compelling argument, but I'm too lazy to want to research the environmental impact of burning wood, so meh...
Why not?
Do you think wood smoke could be somehow worse than cigarette smoke?
Do you think I'm inhaling more smoke from wood smoke in the air, or from directly inhaling a cigarette?
I'm not arguing smoke isn't harmful. I'm arguing what matters is dosage. There's plenty of research on cigarettes and the dosage required to cause harm. It's a lot. Pack a day for years.
Two days of fire in the fireplace is no way comparable.
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The lowest smoking incidence in that study (other than zero) works out to 5 pack-years. That is, one pack a day for 5 years.
Not a small dose. Nowhere near comparable to two days of fireplace per year.
Edit: closer to 4.5 years.
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