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...major problem was not exhaust from motor vehicles but a new and growing source of pollution: the acrid, stinging smoke from wood-stove fires. Ever since the mid-1970s, when the Arab oil embargo sent fuel prices skyrocketing, the people of Missoula and many other American communities have been seeking out alternative sources of heat, including wood stoves. In the past decade, wood burning has more than doubled across the country. The Department of Energy estimates that more than 20% of all households now burn wood for some or all of their heat. In Vermont, more heating is done with...
...snow stopped before dawn, and still only Jim knew what was wrong down at the dealership. The old bell in the church belfry rang soon after light, just as Lyle took his muffins out of the Garland gas stove and served the engineer, who ate and ran, maddeningly, without divulging the reason for his stay. In a town short on stimulant, such intelligence could have been dear...
...them homeless, died from hypothermia over the long Christmas weekend. Detroit's Benjamin Ranson, 49, lived in a car and died in it, curled up between bucket seats. In Tipple Hill, W. Va., Takeisha and Stacey Craighead, ages seven and five, were killed when a coal-burning stove set fire to their flimsy house. Retiree George Toomer, 77, who lived alone in Akron (-14°), locked the house keys in his car and froze to death in his garage...
...addition to the travails it caused travelers and shoppers, the cold carried with it a familiar deadly toll. In Grandview, Texas, an eight-year-old child died in a fire when her mother tried to use the kitchen stove as a heater. In Seattle, a bus driver collapsed and died while trying to shovel sand under his snow-locked bus. In all, more than 140 people died, victims in one way or another of the unusually bitter December...
...Shelburne Catalytic stove has two drawbacks. At $1,250, it is steep for a stove. And at 450 Ibs., it is very heavy. Vermont Stove Co. President Paul Bortz advises each customer, "Get four very big friends and a case of beer, and don't let them drink it until afterward...