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Post by walkonwater on Apr 20, 2006 8:27:06 GMT -5
Rockland County New York bans the use of outdoor wood boilers! Unbelievable! Local residents complained of smoke smell and air pollution from the use of outdoor boilers resulting in the ban of all outdoor boilers with a fire chamber greater than 5 cubic feet. Indoor fireplaces will be next!
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Post by anders on Apr 20, 2006 12:23:28 GMT -5
It's amazing isn't it, people are trying to conserve fuel by heating their homes with a renewable resource and they outlaw it. Probably wood stoves and fireplaces will be next. Go figure. :(Andy
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Post by fingerlakesfur on Apr 20, 2006 12:52:00 GMT -5
Nothing will suprise me anymore about downstate.
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Post by mole on Apr 21, 2006 9:50:27 GMT -5
They are trying to do the same thing all over. Watertown is trying to do it. There is a group of enviromentalists that are fighting these wind farms. They say that they are not pleasing to look at. Ed
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Post by fingerlakesfur on Apr 21, 2006 10:20:36 GMT -5
Al West wrote a great article about this in the NYSTA Newsletter. He hit the nail on the head. I like his quoting of the late Dave Course calling them "Granola Crunchers".
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Post by worstcaster on Apr 21, 2006 10:53:50 GMT -5
They are fighting a wind plant in Meridale, Delaware County too. Same argument - They was loud and ugly. Seems like anyone who considers themselves an environmentalist should support clean renewable energy. In addition it is good for the area. New jobs would be created locally and the property would be added to the tax rolls.
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Post by TI trapper on Apr 21, 2006 12:18:01 GMT -5
Ive found that its the summer people in cape vincent that oppose the wind towers they say there ugly and a distraction. what they dont know is that they are going to be looking at 60 to 80 wind towers across the river on wolf island.
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Post by seandicare on Apr 21, 2006 21:29:16 GMT -5
Malone put out a back door ban on the boilers last fall. they said it is was not used for six months it is considered abandoned and can't be fired up again.
i've been following the wind tower deal as well, they are talking about putting 70 of them with a few miles of my house. unfortunately i have seen a working wind farm first hand. (smaller towers than what they want here) you can feel the low vibrations in your chest when the wings are going. plus it wouldn't bring any new jobs around here. i'm sure just like every other business that's built up here they will use construction workers from Syracuse or Albany......Nobel even so much as admitted that the cheaper power from the towers wouldn't help us, but actually be sent downstate. Dom
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Post by rex on Apr 22, 2006 14:29:15 GMT -5
Some folks are using these outdoor wood boilers as "trash incinerators" in addition to their use as a home heating appliance. Burning plastic and other household wastes, along with their reduced flue height, can really irritate neighbors who live close by. I think increasing flue height to rooftop level would help alot in reducing complaints. As for the wind farms, I think they are a good idea if placed in the right areas. But, many of the uses for this energy are questionable. If enough people commited themselves to lifestyles that promote energy conservation, we could really slow the demand for power and development of property that will be used for it's generation facilities. Most of us use more power than we really need to, and unless we stop buying into the mentality that "communication and computer technology is the road to future growth" and all of that nonsense, pollution and sprawl for landfills will continue. Human population will eventually grow to the carrying capacity of the earth, and some say we have already surpassed it from a long term point of view. It makes sense to move towards activities that promote usage of resources that are renewable and non-polluting, in order to maintain a sustainable environment.
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