Nealm66
Minister of Fire
I believe that people who commute to work in heavy traffic are more at risk than an average person heating they’re house with wood.
A bummer of a new study report:
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stoveliker
Minister of Fire
....Consistent with the heavy, heavy regulations imposed on ICEs used in traffic...
St. Coemgen
Feeling the Heat
From the article:
"Wood burners cause less indoor pollution than open fires. “But every time you open the door, you reduce the stove to an open fire and particulate matter floods into the home,” he said. The peaks take an hour or two to dissipate. “But by the time it comes down, someone opens the door again to refuel and you get spike after spike,”
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The results showed the burners were usually lit for about four hours at a time, and during this period the level of harmful particles in homes was three times higher than when stoves were not being used."
Here is my question: Four (4) hours? Who needs to open their stoves "again" to refuel if they only do a 4 hour burn? I can see maybe one reload in 4 hours (which should lead to a much longer than a 4 hour burn). But certainly not "again" for "spike after spike". Is wood burning being blamed for what may be really simply human behavior using the appliance incorrectly? (As in, don't put your cat in the microwave needs a warning not because the oven is a problem, but rather it is impatient people with wet cats....)
"Wood burners cause less indoor pollution than open fires. “But every time you open the door, you reduce the stove to an open fire and particulate matter floods into the home,” he said. The peaks take an hour or two to dissipate. “But by the time it comes down, someone opens the door again to refuel and you get spike after spike,”
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The results showed the burners were usually lit for about four hours at a time, and during this period the level of harmful particles in homes was three times higher than when stoves were not being used."
Here is my question: Four (4) hours? Who needs to open their stoves "again" to refuel if they only do a 4 hour burn? I can see maybe one reload in 4 hours (which should lead to a much longer than a 4 hour burn). But certainly not "again" for "spike after spike". Is wood burning being blamed for what may be really simply human behavior using the appliance incorrectly? (As in, don't put your cat in the microwave needs a warning not because the oven is a problem, but rather it is impatient people with wet cats....)
