EPA and regulating the particle output of a stove...

[Dan (Upstate NY, USA)]

The EPA Takes an Ax to Self-Sufficiency: Most Woodburning Stoves Will Soon Be Illegal - See more at: www.theorganicprepper.ca/the-epa-takes-an-ax-to-self-sufficiency-most-woodburning-stoves-will-soon-be-illegal-09282013#sthash.ckGECzh6.dpuf

It's funny since my rocket mass heater would meet these demands but if my insurance company found out that is how we heat our house they would drop us in a instant...

We would survive, a relative holds the mortgage to our house, and if we even had an electrical fire the insurance company would not pay out because of our stove but I do like being under the radar...

Hope this doesn't go through...

[matthewwalker]

Yeah man, I struggle with my thoughts on all this on a daily basis. On the one hand, I'm actually starting to get irritated when I look at every one else's chimney output these days. I'm like, why the hell are wood stoves so crappy still, after so many years? I know the answer, or think I do, but it still pisses me off.

On the other hand, the regulations are exactly why I'm in the same position as you are, without the family held mortgage. So, at risk, to say the least.

This is the reason I'm going to D.C. next month. I really, really want to show people, especially the industry, what's possible using this technology. And that the public is ready for a new wood stove format and paradigm. Nothing would make me happier than to have some manufacturer choose to make a stove in a RMH type format after being inspired by Peter's core that Sandy and I are both bringing. I intend to share all of my tech with all of them and try to inspire and convince them to explore the idea of offering a stove in a new format. I can only imagine what I would do if I had some of the manufacturing capabilities that some of the other finalists have available to them.