Peoria is especially stinky this morning. I walked out my front door to get the paper today and literally gagged. It smelled like a cross between burnt electrical equipment and body odor. I think the radio stations really should warn citizens when it smells this bad outside. Maybe they could develop a “stench index” or “stink factor” with “1” smelling like a meadow of wildflowers and “10” smelling like your head is poked inside an ADM smokestack.
There’s quite a bit of talk about “quality of life” issues these days — mitigating the smell of ADM would be a good one to work on. I understand I live in the city and don’t expect the stench index to ever be “1” where I live. But can’t we find some reasonable middle ground? Aren’t there any emission standards that regulate the smell of these plants?
call the epa and start complaining. some complainer in chicago wrote epa about the chocolate factory just nw of downtown. They’re going to have to install a bunch of emissions equipment to tone down teh choco-aroma.
Just remember that ADM is not producing any actual “emissions” save the 1 smokestack on their powerhouse. All the vents, inlcuding the big one, are steam. Yes there is a smell, but I am not sure how you could elminate the smell from one of the world’s largest distilleries.