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| Beach bonfires may be banned |
| 2008-06-07 |
| Even with the skies overcast and threatening rain, Khang Nguyen, 18, and Joel Juan, 19, kicked back after school at Alki Beach. "It's just a relaxing way to hang out with friends," Nguyen said of the bonfire crackling in front of them one evening earlier this week. But Seattle Parks and Recreation might do what even this week's chilly weather couldn't -- douse the long tradition of beach bonfires at Alki and at Golden Gardens. Park department staff is recommending reducing bonfires at the two beaches this summer and possibly banning them altogether next year. The park board will hear the recommendation Thursday, and the city plans to run public-service announcements and hand out brochures later this month about the effects of bonfires on global warming. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #7 That's nothin'. Fires...any fire, has been banned on the Sonoma County coastline for years now. Idjits. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2008-06-07 11:45 |
| #6 Let's send it to space! There is no oxygen there! Brilliant! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-06-07 09:52 |
| #5 If the wood is not burned it will decay. Either way the same heat and the same CO2 will be released - either in an hour or in a few years, but the effect on something as big as the atmosphere is the same. The correct answer is to neither burn it nor leave it to rot, but to sequester it someplace without access to oxygen. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-06-07 09:45 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-06-07 09:03 |
| #3 Are 4th of July BBQ's next? |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-06-07 09:01 |
| #2 What a crock of BS! I first roast marshmallows on Alki in about 1959. That beach is always full of driftwood; fire makers do the city a favor. Concerned about CO2 emissions: blame the Oceans. 99.999% of same come from them. We are in a post Ice Age period, but mini Ice Ages have been recorded since, as in the early 16th century when London's Thames River froze over for several years in a row. The phenomena that produces same is unknown. Give us another mini, so we can shut up the doom sayers. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-06-07 04:28 |
| #1 the effects of bonfires on global warming? Easy.. NONE! Next question.. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-06-07 03:05 |