The Environmental Protection Agency has its eyes on pollution from backyard barbecues.
The agency announced that it is funding a University of California project to limit emissions resulting in grease drippings with a special tray to catch them and a "catalytic" filtration system.
The $15,000 project has the "potential for global application," said the school.
The school said that the technology they will study with the EPA grant is intended to reduce air pollution and cut the health hazards to BBQ "pit masters" from propane-fueled cookers.
More @ The Washington Examiner
"BBQ "pit masters" from propane-fueled cookers"
ReplyDeletePropane??? Must be yankees. No real pit master would use propane. And they are probably cooking beef. See, either yankees or Texans. Real Q is pork.
And I have news for them, I want the smoke from the pork drippings flavoring the meat.
Idiots.
Terry
Fla.
Can't beat wood.
DeleteApple wood is my favorite yum!
DeleteDon't' forget that the EPA has banned 80%+ of wood burning stoves
ReplyDeletehttp://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2014/01/29/epas-wood-burning-stove-ban-has-chilling-consequences-for-many-rural-people/
And they have eyes on banning wood burning all-together. They don't give a shit if it's the sole means people have to heat their homes.
http://www.alternative-heating.com/EPA-Wood-Smoke-Regulations.html
Yes, infuriating.
DeleteHe can get my wood stove right after he finishes hauling off my guns.
DeleteI won't need it anymore. CH
Well, that's contingent upon him getting to haul off your guns. :)
DeleteUtter B.S.!! The EPA can choke on the "Pit Masters" BBQ.... There is a need to grill up something special for the boys and girls over at the EveryPhukinAsshat!
ReplyDeleteGrill away. :)
DeleteFunny how they always pick on the little things that people get enjoyment from
ReplyDeletebut, alas, one should see the Duke Energy smoke stacks in Asheville , spewing
carcinogens into the atmosphere like you would'nt believe. You could find major
EPA violations everywhere you go and is totally ignored. Idiotidiocy. It's all about
getting one use to being controlled, like TSA telling people to freeze at the airport.
It's all about getting one use to being controlled, like TSA telling people to freeze at the airport.
DeleteAbsolutely.
I am totally fine with this.
ReplyDeleteThe more they impose on the common man, the bigger our team gets.
:) Insightful point.
DeleteSoon we will need permission to breathe.
ReplyDeleteReally.
DeleteI was born, raised and still live in Western PA, but I was conceived in Fayetteville, NC. Must be something that happened to me in the womb down there that made me abhor propane grills. The only way to grill is with charcoal. My company got me a Big ass propane grill for my 35th anniversary. It's been sitting unassembled in the garage for the last 4 years. Maybe I should sell it. Or I guess I could leave the burners out and install a rack for wood and charcoal. The only thing that I use propane for are my home brew burners. Takes too long to boil 10 gallons on a wood stove...................
ReplyDeleteWood and charcoal are good, but I'd just as soon cook on the stove than on a propane grill. :)
DeleteThe point is the freaking feds don't have the power to tell us what we can and can not have And the air quality excuse is bullshit.
ReplyDeletepure Bullshit.
but of course they will go after the manufacturers and they will fold. And another "freedom" lost.
The point is the freaking feds don't have the power to tell us what we can and can not have And the air quality excuse is bullshit. pure Bullshit.
Delete100%
F**k 'em.
ReplyDeleteBob
III
Yup, 11 hours late. :)
DeleteSoon we will be cooking on buffalo chips.
ReplyDeleteOh wait, that's not good for the environment.
Soon we will be allotted our monthly rationing of fuel source that doesn't hurt Gaia, to heat our climate neutral diet that is gvt approved.
It's well past time.
:)
DeleteThey tried the same thing with lawnmowers ten years ago. It fizzled. But that was when they needed congress to pass new laws.
ReplyDelete--hale
But that was when they needed congress to pass new laws.
DeleteYup. :(
This is what happens when you let young idealistic people who live in apartments in dc write your policy. They have never even paid their own utilities bills other than cable.
ReplyDelete--hale
Perfect.
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