As an industry leader maybe CB could have been just a little bit ahead of the curve and made more efficient boilers.
Is CB going to give customers 'cash back' towards a new owb after their already purchased unit becomes illegal to use? The EPA stepping in has been predictable for at least a decade now.
What is different here Treeco is the proposed banning of units already in place and operating.
When one considers that;
1. There are untold ???illions of non EPA compliant stoves still operating producing smoke AND unregulated in Ohio
2. There are ???illion people putting wood in open fireplaces (and getting a net LOSS in heat in the hose due to open flues) just for the joy of it and watching it burn meanwhile producing smoke in Ohio and yet they are not regulated either.
Why are OWB owners being lashed out at by the EPA, whipping boys, plain and simple. Jump on the band wagon because the :censored: liberals out east are doing it. It isn't like OWBs are on every other house in Ohio causing a fog in the air. The excuses are copied right out of the lore on Internet sites. OWB owners all (implied all) burn trash, garbage, tires, treated wood and are in general low life types whos main aim in life is to make someone else miserable (again implied). They also act like complaints are coming in faster the the letters can be opened and the fact is there are like almost NONE. Just a few complaints that may or may not be factual but are played up to be thousand times bigger than the facts. Every one who has real world experience with a OWB (as opposed to computer screen experience) knows that they work in cycles. The tree huggers get a kick out of taking pics the instant one comes to high fire. Then the pic is posted on the Internet with the implication being they ALL smoke ALL the time and it is far from the truth. What pollutes more? Dence smoke for a minute and then a clear fire followed by almost zero emissions in a the off cycle when the draft is off OR a wood stove that smoke a light haze continuously? my Guess? the same for both giving equal amounts of wood burnt. Most,if not all of the ridiculous pollutant claims are from readings taken at high fire, again implying that they put out the same amount 24/7. I also get a kick out of people saying "look the OWB builders are now making new designs, see look! they are admitting they make bad products" Agian :censored: I say. The manufactures are simply trying to stay in business by supplying what the government is FORCING them to build. People who own other types of wood heating equipment and ballyho this crap should read deeper into the regs. The EPA hates all types of wood burning equipmet saying it ALL pollutes many times more than other forms of heat. They want it all banned boys. Go to the Mc Ds for second job to afford heat. Then they get tax from payroll plus tax from fossil fuels sold. When we go to the woods for heat they get ZILCH.
As I said before, if a person thinks its all about saving the earth,, well,, they ought to go to town more often.
Sorry for the rant folks, I will be quiet now
