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De Blasio wants to ban new wood fireplaces
nypost.com ^ | april 23, 2014 | beth defalco

Posted on 04/26/2014 7:53:32 AM PDT by lowbridge

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1 posted on 04/26/2014 7:53:32 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

They want to ban everything in our way of life.


2 posted on 04/26/2014 7:54:53 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: lowbridge

It’s happy days for New York.


3 posted on 04/26/2014 7:56:12 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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So what happens when you can’t afford the gas/electricity and burning wood is banned...

Freeze to death you say....uh? What a lovely world we live in where asthma is treatable and staying warm is forbidden even unto death...


4 posted on 04/26/2014 7:56:18 AM PDT by EBH (And the head wound was healed, and Gog became man.)
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To: lowbridge

Must keep everyone on the grid. Easier to control. Want your natural gas service restored? Turn in your guns, emergency food, neighbors, mom and dad, etc.


5 posted on 04/26/2014 7:56:44 AM PDT by Basil Duke
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To: lowbridge

“Appearing with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and DEP Commissioner Emily Lloyd, de Blasio said he would also seek legislation that would crack down on food trucks and refrigeration ­vehicles. “

Yes, let’s crack down on those nasty trucks that bring food and refrigerated goods into the city.

The liberal fascists can’t help themselves. Regulations and taxes, they live to impose them.


6 posted on 04/26/2014 7:57:19 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: lowbridge

I already banned my own. Wood fireplaces are holes to throw money into.


7 posted on 04/26/2014 7:58:55 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: lowbridge

“”””He specifically wants food trucks to switch from diesel engines to electric. “””””

That’s because electricity comes from that outlet thingy on the wall and doesn’t pollute.


8 posted on 04/26/2014 7:59:20 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“It’s happy days for New York.”

Mayor DeWilhelm knows what’s best for you.

This’ll be all moot once the bodies start piling up from the increase in crime this moron has set in motion.


9 posted on 04/26/2014 7:59:25 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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--Residents who already have wood-burning fireplaces would be allowed to keep them, but would be required to use only firewood that has 20 percent moisture or less--

Citizen, your wood registers at 23.7%. Book 'em, Dano.

10 posted on 04/26/2014 8:01:52 AM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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So I’m wondering about the 20% moisture rule. How do you enforce that? Ban firewood cutting? Only allow wood from state approved sources? Unannounced woodpile inspections? New NY Dept of Wood? Wood pile certification permits?


11 posted on 04/26/2014 8:03:29 AM PDT by CA_soon_gone
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> Residents who already have wood-burning fireplaces would be allowed to keep them, but would be required to use only firewood that has 20 percent moisture or less, according to the Department of Environmental Protection

And how are you going to be able to detect how much moisture is your wood accurately. You won’t. I imagine one of DeBlasio’s pals will offer the solution by selling “high grade, low moisture” firewood for double or triple the amount you pay now or will sell “moisture measurement devices”. All the regulations always equate to profit and the liberal / progressives are too stupid to kniw they’re being played.


12 posted on 04/26/2014 8:03:56 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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***staying warm is forbidden even unto death...***

Scene from BECKET:
King Henry is caught in a rainstorm and goes to a hovel.
Henry” “Give me fire and warmth!”
Becket: “You will find no fire here sire.”
Henry: “And why is that!”
Becket: “Every hovel is allowed two measures of wood a yer. One stick more and they are hanged.”
Henry: “My edict?”
Becket: “Your edict sire.”

Then there is that scene from Dr Zhivago where the Dr is stealing wood for warmth and is caught by his brother the commie comissar.


13 posted on 04/26/2014 8:11:55 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: jsanders2001

You could get one of these and then document every piece of wood you chuck into the fireplace.

http://woodmoisturemetershop.com/Delmhorst-J2000-Digital-Moisture-Meter-with-Case.html


14 posted on 04/26/2014 8:12:08 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: shelterguy
"That’s because electricity comes from that outlet thingy on the wall and doesn’t pollute."

And, it's free. (...as long as it's someone else's outlet.)

15 posted on 04/26/2014 8:14:08 AM PDT by moovova
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To: CA_soon_gone

Don’t give them any ideas.


16 posted on 04/26/2014 8:15:15 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: lowbridge

Yeah, he’s a typical commie. But seriously, how many wood-burning fireplaces are there in NYC?


17 posted on 04/26/2014 8:16:04 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: bigbob
I already banned my own. Wood fireplaces are holes to throw money into.

But a fireplace fire is pretty on occasion.

I highly recommend pellet stoves, though. A good one will save you 50% on your oil bill. That's been our experience.

18 posted on 04/26/2014 8:18:02 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: CA_soon_gone

Ah yes, the NY City Dept of Wood.

You’ll need a dept head @ $350,000 a year, a director @ $275k per year. At least two or three dozen inspectors @ 150k per year another dozen armed enforcement officers for the dept @ at least 125k per year. And several dozen support staff, call center employess @ 75k+ a year. Just to start.

Viola instant job growth.....


19 posted on 04/26/2014 8:18:55 AM PDT by A message
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De Blasio wants to ban new wood fireplaces

New wood is too difficult to light, I only burn old wood.

20 posted on 04/26/2014 8:18:57 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.a)
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