Charbroilers in eateries face controls

Contra Costa Times ^ | 12/6/7 | Denis Cuff

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wackos will NEVER be satisfied. Well, maybe they will be happy when we all eat a raw diet of tofu and fruit.

[Elyse]

They’ll have to pry my George Foreman from my cold dead hand.

That's the spirit! I'm sure George Foreman and his five sons, George Jr., George III, George IV, George V, and George VI, will back you up on that

[Sacajaweau]

Wait until you have to have scrubbers on your back yard grill!! Government mandated and approved...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

And spend the entire afternoon in the can.

[ikka]

Air district engineers say commercial charbroilers emit 6.9 tons a day of fine soot particles and 1.1 tons a day of smog-forming gases.

Can someone explain this to me? Even if 1 pound of beef somehow produced 1 pound of fine soot, that means that the restaurant is serving some 13,800 pounds of beef a day?

[Gabz]

I believe the numbers represent ALL the charbroilers in all the restaurants in the district, not just a single restaurant.

[szweig]

Dr. Hogly Wogly’s BBQ is CRAP!! Worst ‘que I’ve ever eaten (and then spat out.) SSZ

[PBRSTREETGANG]

I think they were talking about the emissions from all of the commercial charbroilers operating in the Bay Area.

[jonrick46]

What’s next?

[ErnBatavia]

You probably hate In-N-Out burgers too....!

[Publius6961]

Air Boards and all the other similar agencies created following the EPA and ESA are the new American Gestapo. Accountable to no one, created by pressure from the neurotic lobby (growing as we speak), and completely oblivious to cause, effect, and the scientific method.

There is no longer any need to think ahead to the effect on millions of people before arbitrarily making up new rules, regulations and creating new criminals.

I would not want to be any of these losers "just following orders" or new laws when the victims (the rest of us) are finally fed up.

It won't be pretty.

[ssaftler]

Is this satire?

No, this is the Bay Area, home of the Flying Moonbats!

[Publius6961]

That way, the restaurant owners mentioned in this article could "write off" 50% or more of the installation cost of these emission controls on their business tax returns, just like the railroads are getting tax incentives to run...

Hate to break this to you, but nothing gets "written off"; simply hidden deeper.
We, the consumer end up paying the unnecessary expense either way.

I prefer in-your-face, highly visible cost for absurd regulations. That is the only way to ever expect rational, truly necessary change.

[Pietro]

Every time I read the latest news of cali dimwitery I am heartened that I’ve remained in the heartland.

[Publius6961]

Can someone explain this to me? Even if 1 pound of beef somehow produced 1 pound of fine soot, that means that the restaurant is serving some 13,800 pounds of beef a day?

You'll note that "air district engineers" never explain how they arrive at absurd numbers, or what the natural background levels of these "pollutants" are. So their numbers can never be validated.

For instance, what are the numbers for a month worth of wildfires in Southern California?

I think a class action suit against over-reaching Air Resources Boards would be a very educational exercise.

[Old Professer]

Coming to your neighborhood banlist soon:

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

Best damned BBQ this side of the Mississippi. I eat there at least once a week. Bear Pit isn’t too bad either.

[RoadTest]

The inmates are running the asylum.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Today they come for your charbroilers and tomorrow they come for your fry daddies."

They can have my "fry daddy" when they pry it from my cold dead greasy fingers!

[mysterio]

Smokers warned you.