[TheForge] Copper-Yak

[David E. Smucker]

I do wonder if the day will come in the not too distance future that it will 
be difficult to buy blacksmithing coal without a permit.  I have been 
thinking about buying enough coal to last me the rest of my life time so I 
don't have to worry about that one.

Also it may pay to put "historical" somehow in the name of your forge --  
then you can always claim to be a historical site.  My son already says I am 
a dinosaur so why not be a historical one.  (He says I am a dinosaur because 
I have a pension, not because I blacksmith.)

Dave

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From: "don schad" <sir.eggplantalot at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 5:20 PM
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Copper-Yak

> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
>
>>        To make this even remotely relevant to blacksmithing, consider the
>> environmentalist agenda, which is to create the illusion of a "clean" 
>> global
>> environment by eliminating as much industry from the USA (and perhaps 
>> Europe
>> as well) as possible.  I call it an "illusion" because they still drive
>> their autos and wear their Nike shoes, etc., all of which have to be made
>> *somewhere* (like China).
> ...
>>        This gives the coal- and chemical-using blacksmith something to 
>> think
>> about.  We have sailed under the radar so far and perhaps will for a time 
>> to
>> come, mainly because we are so few in number or are otherwise not looked
>> upon as a significant factor... yet.  I can envision a time in the not 
>> too
>> distant future when what we do will be called into question and demands 
>> will
>> be made for small-scale smithing to be stopped.
>
> Or simply regulated into submission  - who wants to buy carbon credits
> for that forge?  By the time it gets to the forge you will have
> already purchased quite a few as the steel/coal/propane moves down the
> food chain, so what's a few more?   But don't worry, your money will
> be redistributed "fairly".   No matter that it doesn't even begin to
> address the problem for which it was sold as.
>
> Fact is, as blacksmiths we already pay a high price for the over
> regulation of industries and the environent by the government.
> Industries don't absorb the costs of regulation/taxation, they pass
> them on to you, the consumer (either directly (price) or indirectly
> (401k)).    While BSing might always be suficently small not to
> attract the direct attention of busy-bodies, the raw materials which
> we need very likely will, and the end result will be the same - all
> but a few can practice the craft because the overhead is too high.
>
> Slag moves down forge, right?
>
> But don't worry, we will find something for you to do in the New World 
> Order!
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