I could see requiring specific ventilation requirements to install gas stoves to reduce the impact, or even ban within city limits, but a complete ban would negatively impact rural residences where electricity is not as accessible and reliable for power.
Why not both? Even before I understood the indoor pollution caused by gas stoves, I never understood how it was legal to have a “vent” blowing supposedly filtered air back into the kitchen. cooking causes pollutants and should always require venting to the outside
It really is amazing how stupid those “vents” are. Why the hell would I care about moving smoke from directly above the stove to blowing against my ceiling?
Most of those areas use propane (with ~100 to ~500 gallon refillable tank) instead of natural gas, but the stoves are still the same. My parents, sister, and grandmother all have propane stoves.
We had an electric stove, but the water and central heating were gas. That way we still had heat if the power went out so the pipes wouldn’t freeze and we could wash things. If the power went out more frequently we might have gone with a gas stove too.
snooggums@piefed.world 1 month ago
I could see requiring specific ventilation requirements to install gas stoves to reduce the impact, or even ban within city limits, but a complete ban would negatively impact rural residences where electricity is not as accessible and reliable for power.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why not both? Even before I understood the indoor pollution caused by gas stoves, I never understood how it was legal to have a “vent” blowing supposedly filtered air back into the kitchen. cooking causes pollutants and should always require venting to the outside
DireTech@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It really is amazing how stupid those “vents” are. Why the hell would I care about moving smoke from directly above the stove to blowing against my ceiling?
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Wait, really? You’re telling us there are rural areas with unreliable electricity, yet are piped for gas?
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Most of those areas use propane (with ~100 to ~500 gallon refillable tank) instead of natural gas, but the stoves are still the same. My parents, sister, and grandmother all have propane stoves.
snooggums@piefed.world 1 month ago
That is exactly what I was thinking of.
We had an electric stove, but the water and central heating were gas. That way we still had heat if the power went out so the pipes wouldn’t freeze and we could wash things. If the power went out more frequently we might have gone with a gas stove too.