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To: Neeka who wrote (229037)11/23/2007 1:20:08 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (2) of 793905
 
In their most recent hysterical screeching, the San Francisco city fathers have set off on the Global Warming warpath with their proclamation that we need to ban the use of a fireplace.

Should fireplace fires be banned?
Jeffrey Earl Warren -Thursday, November 22, 2007

Under the auspices of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, "public hearings" are being held to determine the fate of the family hearth.

Those of us who live in rural areas have a pretty good idea what the outcome is going to be.

Still, in the interest of basic fairness, we'd at least like the decision-makers to employ the rudiments of the scientific method, rather than riding the winds of energy dependence and global warming hysteria, before coming to a final decision.

The scientific method follows a rigid methodology. Ask a question. Do background research. Construct a hypothesis. Test the hypothesis. And then, communicate the results.

So what is the question? Are the fires in our homes bad because they add to global warming? Release carbon dioxide into the air? Pollute the atmosphere with soot and particulate matter? All of the above?

Where is the research? The Chronicle reported that "government studies" indicate that 33 percent of all "particulate matter" comes from your fireplace and mine. With all the industry and all the cars in the Bay Area, does anyone actually believe that?

Read the rest of this socilaism gone wild story: sfgate.com
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