Lili Krakowski on mon 11 feb 08
Dear David Hendley.
Believe me I agree with you, and then some.
That is why I put "environmental" in quotation marks.
I wrote: "For most US potters today electric kilns
> are the best way to go--whether they prefer that method or not. Alas,
> "environmental" considerations and the high cost of wood ....
> will force wood firers to change. Grave grave pity, because wood
> firing creates some lovely pots. But it is a reality."
I trust your information about electric kilns and so on. Again that is why
the "".
You will remember a few years back when some woman from NYC built a
woodburning kiln in a small town in the Catskills. Unfortunately she built
it so
that the smoke invaded a neighbor's house. There was a huge klamauk about
it.
Admittedly her kiln sent smoke into the man's house. But if she had been
grilling a whole ox on her barbeque, with the same smelly result, I doubt
it would have made the papers.
As "environmentalism" unlike the old "conservationism" is now a political
thing, and
political hot buttons are off ClayArt limits, I will limit myself to saying
that I believe if all potters in this country fired woodburning kilns, and
we allfired them at the same time we would create less air-pollution and
"environmental"stress than commuter traffic in Los Angeles and/or
NYC in the same time frame.
Around here we still are pretty free. But I am sure that elsewhere already
potters are given a hard time about gas kilns and wood burners, because of
zoning this or that, and air-pollution and the like. So I think, with
regret that electric kilns will be the best way for most potters in the
future.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
patsgreenpots on tue 12 feb 08
I am sorry for chiming in Half informed But this peaked my interest
and Kelly is starting to rubb off on me. Lets not forget that We now
put out wildfires that in the past would have ran ramant, I imagine
that a potter if they wood fired their whole lives would not used up a
quarter of the amount of wood burnt in your average wildfire.
Also its important to remember location. where I am from 'Tennessee"
we use Hydro electric in the east so our energy is clean but up here
in Michigan they use coal, rather dirty for an electric kiln. In this
case it might actually be cleaner to woodfire.... odd to think about
huh... Anyway I am sure I am making little to no sense it is late and
this day is long. Farewell and good night
--Patrick Andrew Green
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Lili Krakowski wrote:
>
> Dear David Hendley.
>
> Believe me I agree with you, and then some.
>
> That is why I put "environmental" in quotation marks.
>
> I wrote: "For most US potters today electric kilns
> > are the best way to go--whether they prefer that method or not. Alas,
> > "environmental" considerations and the high cost of wood ....
> > will force wood firers to change. Grave grave pity, because wood
> > firing creates some lovely pots. But it is a reality."
>
> I trust your information about electric kilns and so on. Again that
is why
> the "".
>
> You will remember a few years back when some woman from NYC built a
> woodburning kiln in a small town in the Catskills. Unfortunately
she built
> it so
> that the smoke invaded a neighbor's house. There was a huge klamauk
about
> it.
> Admittedly her kiln sent smoke into the man's house. But if she had
been
> grilling a whole ox on her barbeque, with the same smelly result, I
doubt
> it would have made the papers.
>
> As "environmentalism" unlike the old "conservationism" is now a
political
> thing, and
> political hot buttons are off ClayArt limits, I will limit myself to
saying
> that I believe if all potters in this country fired woodburning
kilns, and
> we allfired them at the same time we would create less air-pollution and
> "environmental"stress than commuter traffic in Los Angeles and/or
> NYC in the same time frame.
>
> Around here we still are pretty free. But I am sure that elsewhere
already
> potters are given a hard time about gas kilns and wood burners,
because of
> zoning this or that, and air-pollution and the like. So I think, with
> regret that electric kilns will be the best way for most potters in the
> future.
>
>
>
>
> Lili Krakowski
>
> Be of good courage
>
>
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