You couldn\u2019t imagine a more picture-perfect anti-science, dishonest, elitist signal than talk of\u00a0banning gas stoves. Yet it\u2019s not just Team Biden: It looks like Gov. Kathy Hochul is seeking to pass a ban of her own\u00a0this year.
\nOn the federal level, the\u00a0supposed\u00a0reason the Consumer Product Safety Commission is looking to outlaw stoves now used in more than 40% of US homes is a claim that they cause asthma in kids.
\nExcept they\u00a0don\u2019t. The science is clear on this. There is \u201cno evidence of an association between the use of gas as a cooking fuel and either asthma symptoms or asthma diagnosis,\u201d per a\u00a0multi-year study\u00a0tracking more than 500,000 kids around the world.
\nThat the banners can cite another study or two that\u00a0suggest\u00a0a link is just more proof that liars use statistics. Especially when the main \u201cstudy\u201d comes from the radical green Rocky Mountain Institute. And it\u2019s pretty clear that Hochul\u2019s ban is\u00a0entirely\u00a0about her anti-carbon agenda.
\nYet the ban makes no sense from a science-based green perspective, since the\u00a0electric\u00a0stoves that would replace gas ones would be overwhelmingly powered by fossil fuels anyway (including, gasp, coal and oil).
\nSo it\u2019s more \u201cemissions theater\u201d at the expense of regular folks. Gas stoves are far superior to normal electric stoves, and the cheapest induction stoves cost about twice as much as basic gas stoves (and also require special pots and pans to work).
\nAfter news of the possible ban broke, the feds were quick to insist that the gas-stove ban isn\u2019t coming anytime soon. Believe that if you will \u2014 but the crusaders won\u2019t stop.
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\nThe same dim thinking already has green pols warring on gas heat, with bans on new gas hookups in place in New York and elsewhere around the country. No matter that it can drive up heating costs alone as much as $1,420 a year \u2014 again, for no environmental gain until the nation stops relying\u00a0overwhelmingly\u00a0on carbon fuels for its electricity.
\nHeating or cooking, these bans are only \u201cgreen\u201d in\u00a0sentiment, not science \u2014 not to mention the huge social injustice. Adding a bogus \u201chealth\u201d excuse only adds to the profound deception. How about Hochul and the feds focus on actual solutions for real problems?<\/p>\n