Who Cares About Lead, What About Smoke?

[jdmidwest]

Burning Fields Cause Massive Pileup.

Every year it is the same old thing in SE MO, farmers burning off fields 2 times a year, thick smoke, chemicals released into the air, and now, a huge pileup involving 14 cars. The smoke clouds the skies, chokes the air, and causes more pollution in and hour than most factories produce in a year. But there is no regulation of it, it is a common practice. It happens all across southern Missouri an Northern Ark. If there is a wind, it drifts for miles, and affects many people.

What is to gain? Save a little fuel instead of tilling the vegetation into the ground? Increase production by getting a crop in sooner or planting the ground twice a year? The article states that it controls disease in plants, but what about all of the chemicals it releases in the burn? What about the herbicides, fertilizers, and whatever they spray on them to mature them? And the heat damages essential bacteria in the soil that help the soil to be productive.

With all of the regulation, why does everyone seem to turn their head on this one? Lord knows I am against big Government, but with all of the assaults on Car Companies, Manufacturing, Mining, and other industries, how does this go un-noticed?

[Trav]

Oh boy!

I can already see both sides of the argument.....

<-------Walking away cautiously

[Outside Bend]

My daddy did it, my grandaddy did it, my great granddaddy did it...are you suggesting we eliminate a nostalgic piece of rural heritage? BLASPHEMY!

That's all I got to say about that.

[drew03cmc]

Man, in rural Kansas where I reside, this is common practice. I can drive from Baldwin to Lawrence and see fields burning, unsupervised, along the main thoroughfare. If it gets windy, the fire can jump the roads and cause issues, in which case, I think the offending farmers should be cited for careless burning. What happened to the mule pulling the old plow blade? That didn't pollute or waste fuel, but I guess when you have to till 1500 acres, the tractor makes it faster. I can see both sides of this, but the smell is enough to gag you once in awhile, and if you live in the area, it is a constant, nasty smell for a couple weeks twice a year.

[fishinwrench]

What happened to the mule pulling the old plow blade? That didn't pollute.

Mule farts need to be studied thoroughly before we go back to that.

[dave potts]

Mule farts need to be studied thoroughly before we go back to that.

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I agree. I suggest we provide at least $200,000 of stimulus money to study this.

Dave

[flytyer57]

I agree. I suggest we provide at least $200,000 of stimulus money to study this.

Dave

No we need to go back and study whether or not ketchup is a vegetable.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Like I said before, we pick and choose and it doesn't always make sense.

I brought up wind turbines on the other thread, but its a non issue. The fact that they kill a lot of birds and bats, some of the bats are endangered, and are outright ugly on the outdoor landscape, still allows them to get a pass.

[flytyer57]

Like I said before, we pick and choose and it doesn't always make sense.

I brought up wind turbines on the other thread, but its a non issue. The fact that they kill a lot of birds and bats, some of the bats are endangered, and are outright ugly on the outdoor landscape, still allows them to get a pass.

I've NEVER seen a wind turbine turn fast enough to hit a bird. If a bird got killed by one, it must have been pretty darn stupid and flew into it.

[Gary Lange]

Like I said before, we pick and choose and it doesn't always make sense.

I brought up wind turbines on the other thread, but its a non issue. The fact that they kill a lot of birds and bats, some of the bats are endangered, and are outright ugly on the outdoor landscape, still allows them to get a pass.

Here is an article for you to read. It seems that bird and bat deaths from Wind generators is almost non-existent.

http://www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html