01-25-2023, 11:11 AM
THEN THEY CAME FOR YOUR GAS STOVE
While sneering at you for worrying that they might take your stove. Canary Media says there’s nothing to see:
“A study found that gas stoves cause asthma. A federal official suggested the government might take action. The right wing freaked out… there is no federal gas stove ban in the works.”
The thing is, though, it’s how these things start. A dubious claim is put forward, concerns are ridiculed, the claim mutates into settled science and suddenly the ban hammer comes down.
Hence the Washington Post story that started the ruckus writing:
“Last month, Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. announced that the agency would issue a request for public comments by March on possible regulations on gas stoves, which he said ‘could be on the books’ by the end of this year”. Which sounds like a ban is to follow…
https://climatediscussionnexus.com/2023/...gas-stove/
While sneering at you for worrying that they might take your stove. Canary Media says there’s nothing to see:
“A study found that gas stoves cause asthma. A federal official suggested the government might take action. The right wing freaked out… there is no federal gas stove ban in the works.”
The thing is, though, it’s how these things start. A dubious claim is put forward, concerns are ridiculed, the claim mutates into settled science and suddenly the ban hammer comes down.
Hence the Washington Post story that started the ruckus writing:
“Last month, Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. announced that the agency would issue a request for public comments by March on possible regulations on gas stoves, which he said ‘could be on the books’ by the end of this year”. Which sounds like a ban is to follow…
https://climatediscussionnexus.com/2023/...gas-stove/