Tuesday, November 6th 2007
No, not a wood fire!
The Bay Area is considering another wining idea. The San Francisco Chronicle answers the burning questions we all have about wood fires and the solution of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
It would be illegal to use residential fireplaces on nights with poor air quality under a rule being considered by Bay Area air regulators.
Over the next three weeks, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will hold workshops to gauge public opinion on the proposal, which would follow similar bans in Sacramento County, the San Joaquin Valley, and such Bay Area cities as Mill Valley, where people who disobey the city’s wood-burning law are already subject to stiff fines.
It is good the government is stepping up to combat the problem of wood fires. For thousands of years wood fires have plagued humanity. They have been used to light the darkness, cook meat, and even kept people warm. This winter as you gather round the central heating with your family, be thankful for the government and their boundless wisdom.
Is this a policy as brilliant as designing the “green “buses to half the passenger size of the old buses, when population explosions have been empirically observed? If I had a dime for every elderly person who was squished, trampled and hurt on these compact buses I would be rich.
Comment by adsfgg2 — 11/6/2007 @ 2:45 am