Cookie Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I encourage my USA brethren to smoke em' if you got em' this week. http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/03/17/lawmaker-calls-for-rebellion-against-epa-pollution-emissions-for-backyard/?intcmp=features Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 The EPA in my backyard!? BULL BUTTER! Not for this guy. I'm so damned tired of the gubment getting into every aspect of my life. That the jerks at the EPA even thinks that they can regulate BBQ is beyond the pale. This has gone too far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Sorry to disappoint you, but it's Fox News blowing stuff out of proportions again. Read the article carefully. It's a student-based study, funded by the EPA, as part of a grant program - "The EPA said that ... the grant is part of the EPA's "National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet (2014)", which is a student-designed competition for sustainability." So, don't go gittin' yer panties all in a bunch over nothing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 tony - I understand. But I promise you, the EPA will never let a chance for regulation slip by. I've dealt with those dolts for years and they are some very dim bulbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Gotta be the most ridiculous thing I've read all week about government spending! Fox News? ARGH! Really news? LOL NOT... Bill O'Reilly should immediately be grilled on the upper flipped over and set down on the coals at 900º dome until only white powder is left! Do clean out your ashes before your next cook as those ashes will be toxic and bitter guaranteed... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 tony - I understand. But I promise you, the EPA will never let a chance for regulation slip by. I've dealt with those dolts for years and they are some very dim bulbs. I didn't deal with EPA much, just the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). I spent the last half of my career in regulatory affairs, both arguing with inspectors over what the regulations said/meant, and the bureaucrats in DC on writing new regulations. Trust me on this one; EPA has much bigger fish to fry than backyard BBQs. The students came up with the idea, not the EPA. I'll get off my soapbox now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgrant3406 Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Sounds like an opportunity to espouse the smokeless benefits of coconut charcoal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 A political debate I did not intend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
