Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Park City air: fresh or foul?
While Wasatch Front residents suffer through the winter months breathing unhealthy air, Parkites bask smugly in the sunshine. While Salt Lake residents face annual auto emissions testing and periodic restrictions on wood-burning stoves, we're blissfully exempt. So far, anyway. State officials believe Summit County could fail tougher air-quality standards recently imposed by the EPA. If that happens, how would you feel about regulations like those our neighbors in Salt Lake County already face?
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I am for it. Last year I started noticing the kind of air pollution you see in Heber. Not quite as heavy as SLC but polluted.
I am totally for it, our neighbors to the east will probably be against it though.
Why wait for the skies to be black before we react. KPCW has traffic updates why not colored days letting residents know when that cozy fireplace might not be a good idea - and
our neighbors to the east better be concerned - the prevailing winds blow that way. I heard on the radio the other day that California is experiencing pollution generated in CHINA!
I think resrictions on wood-burning stoves make sense. Our utility rates are reasonable enough that most folks donot need to heat with wood out of necessity.
We all need to be more aware and active about the pollution we put into the air. This might mean more regulation. It is important to note that not all woodstoves are equal: Masonry woodstoves (typically soapstone) burn much hotter, get a more complete combustion, produce less pollution, and are much more efficient. It is also interesting to note that a piece of wood left to rot (over several years) will produce the same amount of CO2 as burning that same piece of wood.
I'm glad to see that Park City fellow residents are for action in the war against air and water pollution before it becomes a problem like other cities face. While our national governments drag their feet over anti-pollution measures, local and state governments are now inclined to tackle the problem. The report that some of the pollution experienced is of China origin is frightening, isn't it! The canary in the coal mines is choking my friends...we'd better pay attention!
-andrew, MALL727net-
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