Thread by @jljcolorado

US federal agency considering a ban on gas stoves

"US Consumer Product Safety commissioner said gas stove usage is a “hidden hazard.” Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned"

Would be great win for #IAQ #EndFossilFuels

cnn.com/2023/01/09/bus…

We have to get rid of gas turbines and home furnaces as fast as possible too (for climate reasons especially). But those ony pollute outdoor air, so we breathe 1000 times less of those exhausts vs. cooking stoves. Stoves are terrible for indoor pollution.

https://twitter.com/ltsailsFL/status/1612856864563236887

Electric induction cooks as well as gas and is much more energy efficient. And even if everyone switched, it is small in overall electricity consumption

NO reason to not get rid of cooking stoves already. Other than the pervasive influence of FF industry

https://twitter.com/lumiere2016/status/1612850988976832513

I don't think this is correct. The smallest electric service in the US is typically 100 A at 220 V, which is ~22 kW of power

An induction stove with 3 burners uses 6 kW when ALL 3 burners are at max power, which would be very infrequent. More typically 1-2 kW, not an issue.

Sorry, I strongly disagree. People are misinformed and easily manipulated by the powerful fossil fuel industry. And they are exposing their kids (which don't have a choice) to toxic pollutants.

Gas stoves should be BANNED, just as asbestos or lead paint

https://twitter.com/sselrehtaef/status/1612846997417103361

No, la alternativa son cocinas de inducción eléctrica, mucho más eficientes en energía.

De acuerdo que en sitios sin electricidad, es mejor quedarse con gas que cambiar a carbón o leña.

https://twitter.com/FelipedeUrbina/status/1612849828702060545

Yes, in this situation I would use a plug-in induction stove and never use the gas stove.

https://twitter.com/DevanFit/status/1612869022965501967?t=TaKQIMKbMTrhbVmezrGhcg&s=19

That's what they said of getting rid of asbestos or lead paint, or of lead in gasoline... (or now, we have bans coming up for gasoline and diesel cars in many countries and in California)

It'll happen faster than we expect (& certainly than you expect)

https://twitter.com/zekechanguris/status/1612875021755756544

Gas fireplaces:

- They are of concern for outdoor air pollution, which is also bad in many places. But not of concern for indoor air, unless poorly vented (more common than we think)

& we need to get rid of all fossil fuels as fast as we can for climate

https://twitter.com/teagancallah/status/1612878229689487361

We have to get rid of all that gas use as fast as we can anyway, for climate reasons.

So we may as well start with stoves, where there is a huge benefit for health from getting rid of it.

https://twitter.com/LorraineFish11/status/1612881342198579202

This is incorrect. A hood helps but doesn't eliminate problem

See these tests: "while using a range hood helped lower levels [...] we still recorded levels that exceeded 1-hour guidelines set by the World Health Organization"

consumerreports.org/appliances/ind…'

https://twitter.com/Fleurette15236/status/161287959819420060

Some people (perhaps this person) are misunderstanding what's being proposed: a ban on the SALE of new gas stoves (together with incentives to get rid of the already installed ones)

NOT to ban the use of the ones already in place

https://twitter.com/falconhart34/status/1612877704252260353