Jeff,
As to the furnace permit, they are producing no hydrocarons that I know of and little particulate, what do you feel their chances are for approval, once they are in production. I would predict 100%, but I could be wrong, unless they are going to shut down all the steel companies in the country.
What do you think?
There was some talk among the blacksmith community that we would all need permits to operate our coal forges. When that happens, we need to think in terms of protecting ourselves from our saviors. Good sense is good sense, and that is all that I will say about that.
My furnace is operated a few times a month and I run it hot and use good coal with a low sulfur content, but on the startup, it does produce some hydrocarbon containing smoke, but nothing to compare with all the diesel trucks on the road that pass my house on the road, and who is going to regulate those, because most are owned by a very rich man who owns a quarry and a cement company and a gravel operation and builds roads and employs hundreds of people.
Remember all that regulation is relative!! Regulators are tough on the small and easy on the large. That is just my "small" opinion!
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