branchburner said:I'm all for offering incentives to retire smoke dragons, but I don't see the need to cut them up with a torch. It's inhumane. Same with destroying all the cars traded in as cash-for-clunkers. It takes a lot of money and energy to destroy things - things that took a lot of money and energy to create! Seems weird.
And a $2,500 rebate for an electric heating system vs. a $500 rebate for an EPA-certified woodstove? Seems weird.
If you don't destroy them they end up getting sold to others on the cheap. Then they are back in business again. If you want one for an end table maybe
they can just cut a nice gash through the top, the length of the stove and you can put a few planters on top! :cheese: