Ironic you speak of 'blowing ignorant fallacy out of the water' yet you counter one with another and your life expectancy references. Nevermind how heavily skewed they are because of infant and child mortality, they're not exactly what you'd call a controlled indicator of the hazards of wood smoke.
But beyond that, what was the point of your post? Do you wish to spark a discussion? Perhaps you should try giving some direction, or asking specific questions instead of just throwing up a link and running, guerilla style.
I burn wood at home. Now that I've read this, I don't.
Thanks for the pointers on how to conduct a discussion here.
Sorry, I don't see the irony. All I'm saying is that if we're going to invoke ancient history as some better, proven way to live, I don't think that dialectic holds much water when we're talking about health, of which a pretty good indicator is life expectancy, skewed or not. Saying the cave men burned wood and therefore it's ok because it didn't kill them is not the best reasoning. Seems like shotgun thinking.
And the point of my post was that I found some information that seemed relevant to the topic. That's all. Seems like anyone would be interested in the effects of wood particles on their health. If you're not interested, you can easily ignore it.
And it seems like it started a discussion with all sorts of opinions, mostly people feeling provoked. That's too bad, it wasn't the intention. But I particularly enjoyed the clever reply about California falling into the ocean.
I'm not sure it's fair to say that posting something with relevant information that might help some make informed, perhaps better, choices is deserving of so much virulence.
I burn wood at home. Now that I've read this, I don't. Do whatever makes you happy.
I burn wood at home. Now that I've read this, I don't. Do whatever makes you happy.
Thanks for the pointers on how to conduct a discussion here.
Sorry, I don't see the irony. All I'm saying is that if we're going to invoke ancient history as some better, proven way to live, I don't think that dialectic holds much water when we're talking about health, of which a pretty good indicator is life expectancy, skewed or not. Saying the cave men burned wood and therefore it's ok because it didn't kill them is not the best reasoning. Seems like shotgun thinking.
And the point of my post was that I found some information that seemed relevant to the topic. That's all. Seems like anyone would be interested in the effects of wood particles on their health. If you're not interested, you can easily ignore it.
And it seems like it started a discussion with all sorts of opinions, mostly people feeling provoked. That's too bad, it wasn't the intention. But I particularly enjoyed the clever reply about California falling into the ocean.
I'm not sure it's fair to say that posting something with relevant information that might help some make informed, perhaps better, choices is deserving of so much virulence.
I burn wood at home. Now that I've read this, I don't. Do whatever makes you happy.
Warning to all Anti-wood burners, EPA freaks and tree huggers:
Thanks for the pointers on how to conduct a discussion here.
Sorry, I don't see the irony. All I'm saying is that if we're going to invoke ancient history as some better, proven way to live, I don't think that dialectic holds much water when we're talking about health, of which a pretty good indicator is life expectancy, skewed or not. Saying the cave men burned wood and therefore it's ok because it didn't kill them is not the best reasoning. Seems like shotgun thinking.
And the point of my post was that I found some information that seemed relevant to the topic. That's all. Seems like anyone would be interested in the effects of wood particles on their health. If you're not interested, you can easily ignore it.
And it seems like it started a discussion with all sorts of opinions, mostly people feeling provoked. That's too bad, it wasn't the intention. But I particularly enjoyed the clever reply about California falling into the ocean.
I'm not sure it's fair to say that posting something with relevant information that might help some make informed, perhaps better, choices is deserving of so much virulence.
I burn wood at home. Now that I've read this, I don't. Do whatever makes you happy.
Enter your email address to join: