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Why so obviously wrong? Seems reasonable to me that chimney smoke – defined as air with heavy particulates created from burning wood – might fall back down to t
by Osmium 13y ago
Why so obviously wrong? Seems reasonable to me that chimney smoke – defined as air with heavy particulates created from burning wood – might fall back down to the ground (and thus into surrounding buildings) once it has cooled.
I'm not saying it's right, but it doesn't seem obviously wrong to me. Regardless, I'm sure whatever "research" there is must be based on something! A citation would have been appreciated so we could judge for ourselves...
- vacri 13y agoIf 70% of chimney smoke re-entered nearby buildings, then those times when most buildings were burning, the air inside them would be nearly as smoky as what come out of the chimney. It's also very hard to believe outside of a tenement arrangement. In a village where there's lots of space between houses, and assuming all particulate matter fell back within the bounds of the village (itself a big stretch), it's hard to see how two-thirds of smoke would find its way back into buildings.
- ssalenik 13y agoIt doesn't mention over what sort of volume/area it re-enters... 70% of smoke from one chimney distributed over the whole neighborhood/town would be more subtle. edit: "near-by" is a relative term
- mangotree 13y agoNo, since one persons smoke could enter a dozen peoples houses.
- vacri 13y ago"those times when most buildings were burning" would not have one burner per twelve recipients.
- shasta 13y agoFall back down to the ground and blow back into sealed houses, though? I think obviously wrong applies to the scenario he wants you to have in mind. Maybe the research has some specific conditions.