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All indoor cooking requires venting outdoors to be safe. The air quality concerns over gas stoves are a disingenuous argument to push for change for climate mi
by underbluewaters 5y ago
All indoor cooking requires venting outdoors to be safe.
The air quality concerns over gas stoves are a disingenuous argument to push for change for climate mitigation reasons. Most pollution from cooking is related to burning food not fuel, and electric burners make it far easier to burn food.
Rather than pushing think tank pieces environmental groups should push the industry to create induction ranges that are 1) cheaper and 2) don't create high frequency noise pollution. Current technology has a lot of positive aspects but the high-pitch buzzing is a deal breaker.
- sparrc 5y agoAre you sure about that? If I boil water in my kitchen on my gas stove the CO2 and VOC levels in our living area nearly triple within 15 minutes of using the stove without burning any food. If I use the electric kettle there's obviously zero change in air quality.
- chaud 5y agoHow are you measuring those levels? I haven't come across a great sensor for CO2 that isn't expensive and needs weekly calibration.
- sparrc 5y agoI use airthings wave. Seems to be fairly accurate as far as I can tell. Whenever I open the windows the CO2 level drops down fairly close to the atmospheric CO2.
- gxqoz 5y agoBased on another recent article, my impression is that indoor air pollution in general is severely understudied. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-hidden-air-pollution-in-our-homes https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-hidden-air...