Functional Stove CC

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When the blue flame fires up on a gas stove, there's more than heat coming off the burner. Researchers at Stanford University found that among the pollutants emitted from stoves is benzene, which is linked to cancer. Levels of benzene can reach higher than those found in secondhand tobacco smoke and the benzene pollution can spread throughout a home, according to the research. The findings add to a growing body of scientific evidence showing that emissions within the home are more harmful than gas stove owners have been led to believe. And it comes as stoves have been dragged into the country's ongoing culture wars.

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If You can't Stand the Heat..Get Out of the Kitchen.

Murray Corp, 1952

This really is one of the most manufactured and desperate culture war tactics yet.

Most Floridians don’t even use them, Ron.

1951

Non-paywall version here.

"Shortly after a federal appeals court ruling threatened to hamstring Berkeley’s ban on new natural gas hookups, New York state has passed a budget barring gas appliances in new buildings.

New York, which was America’s sixth-largest state consumer of natural gas in 2020, became the first state to enact such a ban when the state’s 2023-24 budget was passed [on May 2, 2023].

“Changing the ways we make and use energy to decrease our reliance on fossil fuels will help ensure a healthier environment for us and our children,” New York House Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, said in a news release.

Los Angeles is among more than 70 California cities and counties that have banned or discouraged natural gas hookups in new buildings. The City Council voted in May to do so, citing climate change. However, no state had passed such a ban until now.

The requirements for electric construction will be phased in starting in 2025, and include some exemptions: “Hospitals, critical infrastructure and commercial food establishments” will be left out, according to Heastie’s statement, as will “buildings where the local grid is not capable of handling the load.” ...

The ban is part of an overall strategy “to reduce our state’s carbon emissions and move us away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources,” Assemblymember and Energy Committee Chair Didi Barrett said...

Gov. Kathy Hochul... released a statement touting the budget and its “$5.5 billion investment to promote energy affordability, reduce emissions, and invest in clean air and water, building on more than $30 billion committed to climate action. ”

The budget, according to Hochul’s website, includes “nation-leading building decarbonization proposals that will prohibit fossil fuel equipment and building systems in new construction, phase out the sale and installation of fossil fuel space and water heating equipment in existing buildings, and establish building benchmarking and energy grades.”"

-via Los Angeles Times, 5/3/23

But the odds of getting one is probably pretty good considering how few would pay more money for an extra little badge on their stove. I guess bragging rights might be worth something. "Look at my special collector edition stove. It's a rare model . . . are you even listening?"

McCall's - April 1952

Vulcan Gas Range Advertisement 1898

So some weirdo looked for a picture of his kitchen and they discovered that he has an electric stove. I dunno if he’s lying or if he genuinely believes that it’s a gas stove.

Gas stove ban.

Bettie Page Standing # 411

Bettie in the Kitchen

A kitchen of distinction.

S4E1: Government Doesn't Need to Ban Natural Gas, They'll Tax You Into Compliance

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In this report, we're going to hear Ron DeSantis state, “he will never allow Florida to give up their gas stoves.”

But what he doesn't say is what’s concerning.

The federal government can tax you until you can no longer afford to use your gas stove, or any natural gas whatsoever.

They'll use fear and propaganda for compliance.

Once they have you hooked on electricity, they can turn it off and starve you out.

So sit back and enjoy another episode of Walk in verse reports.