Windwalker7
ArboristSite Guru
this thread kinda reminds of the guy at the local restaurant who tokes on a big cigar in the booth right beside yours and the whole area is totally engulfed in a cloud of stale smoke while you and your family try to choke your steak quickly so you can leave. its the old "hey thats just too bad for them cause its my right to smoke up the place if i want to " attitude that gets wood burning bans started and then everyone suffers.seems to me if a guy wants to deal with 8 -10 cords only to heat a small house and or shop running his OWB thats fine with me...its his back ,that is totally your right but smoking up the neighborhood is irresponible IMHO .and regardless of what applicance you prefer if your going to burn wood atleast dont be an a$$ about it , season the stuff first. green wood has just over half the BTU of properly seasoned wood and time and preparation is *free! so dont make extra work for yourself and smoke up the town because your lazy and inconsiderate
Let's face it, if you're burning wood, your making smoke somewhere.
So if my neighbor has a coal furnace and I don't like the smell of coal smoke, I should complain?
My neighbor has chickens and I don't like them crowing, I should complain?
I don't like the smell of my neighbor's horses, I should complain?
I don't like the sound of the firemen's siren on Saturday afternoons at 1:00, I should complain?
I don't like all the people when they have a parade down my street, I should complain?
I don't like the construction crew patching potholes on my road, I should complain?
I don't like the smell of your wife's perfume in the booth next to me at a resteraunt, I should complain?
I don't like your kids giggling and laughing at the park, I should complain?
There are lots of things we can all complain about, how come we didn't have these problems 50 years ago? Everyone heated with wood and coal. Cars didn't have polution standards. There was polution everywhere yet you didn't hear all the whining you hear today.
We are getting waaaaay off topic here aren't we?