Sunday, January 15, 2023

If it saves just one life!-----The Coming Gas Stove Culture War - WSJ

The Coming Gas Stove Culture War - WSJ
  • Don’t believe this week’s denials. 
  • Progressive Democrats really are coming for your kitchen appliances. By The Editorial Board
A sign of the media times is how quickly our leading progressive organs rally to deny that Democrats are doing what Democrats really are doing.
 A classic example was this week’s flare up in the coming climate war over banning gas stoves.
A Biden appointee on the Consumer Product Safety Commission explicitly threatened to ban gas stoves based on dubious evidence of public-health harm. 
“This is a hidden hazard,” said commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.”
  • Progressive cities such as Berkeley, San Francisco and New York City have already banned gas stoves and other appliances in new buildings. 
  • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this week proposed a ban on gas equipment including stoves in new small buildings in 2025 and larger ones in 2028.
  • Come 2030, New Yorkers won’t be allowed to replace their gas stoves with new ones if they break down. “As you begin making a transition, everyone will have to switch out appliances,” a state official explained. This is how the left’s green-energy “transition” will work for all things. 
  • Come 2035, New Yorkers and Californians won’t be able to buy new gasoline-powered cars either....

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