{"id":1199,"date":"2014-02-10T00:28:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T00:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/econ439\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2014-02-10T00:28:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T00:28:13","slug":"epa-wood-burning-stoves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/econ439\/2014\/02\/10\/epa-wood-burning-stoves\/","title":{"rendered":"The EPA and Wood Burning Stoves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I read an article in Forbes last week about new EPA regulations that ban wood burning stoves that put out more than 12 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter of air. As a point of reference, the article notes that 2nd<\/sup> hand smoke from smoking in a closed car puts between 3000-4000 micrograms of particulate matter in a cubic meter of air. The new 12 microgram limit eliminates the use of most wood stoves currently used in the U.S. When I think of externality producers in need of government regulation, the household heating their home with a wood burning stove doesn\u2019t seem like it should be very high on the list. I\u2019ve not seen empirical research that the EPA used to reach their decision that such regulations were necessary, but I wonder if maybe the regulation wasn\u2019t the result of pressure from outside environmental lobbies. For some groups, any amount of pollution should be eliminated no matter the cost imposed on producers (in this case Bob and Mary heating their home) or the environment\u2019s assimilative capacity. That families can\u2019t afford to use alternative methods for heating, or can\u2019t afford new stoves that meet the new 12 microgram limit may not matter. More puzzling to me is scope of this particular regulation. It\u2019s incredibly broad affecting populated areas where pollution may be a problem as well as vast open areas like in Alaska where the air is cleaner. Meanwhile, in China a new coal plant is being built every week\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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