California is considering a law that would require warning labels on gas stoves.
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Remember, the smoke alarm is not the dinner bell.This is not just gas stoves, any kind of indoor cooking releases a bunch of pollutants, especially fine particulates.
Gas stoves have required exterior venting for a long time. Recirculating vents are only allowed with electric cooking. (If your area doesn’t it is far behind in adopting model building codes. Also, this is why we need a national building code.)This is not just gas stoves, any kind of indoor cooking releases a bunch of pollutants, especially fine particulates. Gas stoves are just much worse for NO2.
Another issue, a lot of extraction hoods recirculate the air instead of moving it outside, often removing smells and some particulates, but not solving the NO2 and CO issues at all.
Interesting recent research from TNO on the subject matter:
https://www.tno.nl/en/newsroom/2023/11/cooking-nitrogen-dioxide/ (full report available for download at the bottom of the page)
Not with that attitude it isn’t.Remember, the smoke alarm is not the dinner bell.
Building codes are not universal across the world, so in some places it may still be an issue.Gas stoves have required exterior venting for a long time. Recirculating vents are only allowed with electric cooking. (If your area doesn’t it is far behind in adopting model building codes. Also, this is why we need a national building code.)
But to the point of this article, building codes have already recognized the dangers of gas stoves.
Try the Consent-O-Matic addon for Chrome, Firefox, and Firefox Android. It automatically replies no to most cookie banners in a few seconds, including those banners which list a few hundred advertising partners.Regarding the warning label. California can set warnings are the original cookie banner. When was the last time it prevented you from using a product? It may be legitimate now but those warnings are so spammed we all ignore them
Remember, the smoke alarm is not the dinner bell.
Rather than the easily-ignored label, how about requiring landlords to adequately ventilate kitchen areas containing gas stoves? This video implies that emissions from stoves are mostly a problem in apartments."Just running a stove for a few minutes with poor ventilation can lead to indoor concentrations of nitrogen dioxide that exceed the EPA’s air standard for outdoors,”
Rather than the easily-ignored label, how about requiring landlords to adequately ventilate kitchen areas containing gas stoves? This video implies that emissions from stoves are mostly a problem in apartments.
View: https://youtu.be/CcAJ3_-Hou8?si=HBe62HtpSNVxdnyl
On Monday, lawmakers in the California Assembly advanced a bill that would require any gas stoves sold in the state to bear a warning label indicating that stoves and ovens in use “can release nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and benzene inside homes at rates that lead to concentrations exceeding the standards of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the United States Environmental Protection Agency for outdoor air quality.”
I wish that was true about external ventilation requirement for gas stoves. I have been in dozens, maybe hundreds of houses without external ventilation. Recirculating noise machines yes, exhaust no.Gas stoves have required exterior venting for a long time. Recirculating vents are only allowed with electric cooking. (If your area doesn’t it is far behind in adopting model building codes. Also, this is why we need a national building code.)
But to the point of this article, building codes have already recognized the dangers of gas stoves.
If the cost of remodeling is so high, it's very likely to just lead landlords to switch to electric, which... is kind of a good outcome - considering climate change.'Adequately ventilating' many buildings would essentially require a rebuild. That was a major issue noted in the pandemic. Yes, you can (and should) update building codes to reflect modern research but absent a whole bunch of money from somewhere, retrofitting isn't going to happen.
I was shocked to learn gas stoves don't require exterior ventilation in most of the USAGas stoves have required exterior venting for a long time. Recirculating vents are only allowed with electric cooking. (If your area doesn’t it is far behind in adopting model building codes. Also, this is why we need a national building code.)
But to the point of this article, building codes have already recognized the dangers of gas stoves.
I think about it too. One big problem at least in my country it will put heavy load at power line and our power plant.
One immediate solution albeit higher cost are put battery (5-10 kwh) at house for buffer and make it better with control unit that can recieve solar cell.
With this buffer, everyone happy including power plant operator
This (and ublock or sponsorblock) sadly doesn't work IRLTry the Consent-O-Matic addon for Chrome, Firefox, and Firefox Android. It automatically replies no to most cookie banners in a few seconds, including those banners which list a few hundred advertising partners.
Rather than the easily-ignored label, how about requiring landlords to adequately ventilate kitchen areas containing gas stoves? This video implies that emissions from stoves are mostly a problem in apartments.
View: https://youtu.be/CcAJ3_-Hou8?si=HBe62HtpSNVxdnyl
There are two easy ways to try induction: lots of libraries in the Northeast let you check them out, and Ikea actually sells a really great single induction burner for $60.At least replace with induction if you're gonna switch.
Gas stoves have required exterior venting for a long time. Recirculating vents are only allowed with electric cooking. (If your area doesn’t it is far behind in adopting model building codes. Also, this is why we need a national building code.)
But to the point of this article, building codes have already recognized the dangers of gas stoves.
So one thing I’m confused about wrt the hullabaloo around gas stoves: everything seems to focus on natgas. Do the same concerns also apply to propane? That’s been unclear as most coverage either specifies natgas or does not identify the fuel.
Agree - love my induction cooktop... except, I wish the glass top had more grip... you often can't stir one-handed because the vessel doesn't have enough grip on the glass. Of course, if it did have more grip it wouldn't be such a breeze to clean.I was an “electric neverer” until I was introduced to a $6000 Thermador Freedom induction cooktop. Mind you, I did not buy that.
But for not a lot of money zoneless or sorta zoneless induction cooktops exist and induction is just magical.
All this noise about “when I flip my flapjacks there is no heat” is just that, noise. No reason to cook like it is 1890.
I will point out to the open source aficionados, the Freedom runs Linux.