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[pf] The Coming Oil Crisis and You
by Molly Williams
28 November 2000 19:26 UTC

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OK, this is my last post today!

Came across this LONG article while searching for info on wood as a fuel
source.
http://web.archive.org/web/20020330174752/http://www.sharelynx.net/Papers/TheComingOilCrashAndYou.htm

One para: "The EPA estimates that the lifetime cancer risk from wood
stove smoke is twelve times greater than that from an equal volume of
second hand tobacco smoke. (The Health Effects of Wood Smoke, Washington
State Department of Ecology);  (b)"Burning two cords of wood produces
the same amount of mutagenic particles as: Driving 13 gasoline powered
cars 10,000 miles each at 20 miles/gallon or driving 2 diesel powered
cars 10,000 miles each @ 30 miles/gallon. These figures indicate that
the worst contribution that an individual is likely to make to the
mutagenicity of the air is using a wood stove for heating, follower by
driving a diesel car. (Dr. Joellen Lewtas, Contribution of Source
Emissions of the Mutagenicity of Ambient Urban Air Particles, U.S. EPA,
#91-131.6, 1991) http://web.archive.org/web/20020330174752/http://www.webcom.com/~bi/fact-sheet.htm "
        
I predict David MacC will appreciate this article, both for its message
and its detail. :-)

~ Molly