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These restrictions are arbitrary and nonsensical. No new gas in buildings under 7 floors after 2023. No new gas in buildings over 7 floors after 2027. …unless i

These restrictions are arbitrary and nonsensical. No new gas in buildings under 7 floors after 2023. No new gas in buildings over 7 floors after 2027. …unless it’s a kitchen, laundromat, or manufacturing. So… we’re going to have 99% of buildings wired for gas for many decades to come. We will continue maintaining the infrastructure with no end in sight. Is this the biggest display of virtue signaling in US history? How will this accomplish anything at all? As a NYC resident I want to be annoyed by this, because I prefer cooking on gas, but if I die of old age in NYC I won’t ever be impacted by this.

dml2135 5y ago
Would you be happier if they banned all gas outright? This is how you make change, in small steps.
- parkingrift 5y ago
  If they actually banned gas I would just leave. Fortunately, they can’t do that. Instead, they focus on writing rules that will have zero impact.
  - dml2135 5y ago
    Well no, they don’t have zero impact. They have enough of an impact that they will improve things a bit, but not cause a sudden change that would cause people such as you to leave. That’s the entire idea behind phasing this in, and by your own admission it seems to be well designed.
    - parkingrift 5y ago
      It’s not being phased in. There is no announced plans for this to ever apply to existing residential buildings. There isn’t enough new residential construction in NYC for this to be anything but a rounding error. The only reason the council is even able to get away with such a ban is because of how pointless they’ve made it. It’s just pure virtue signaling by a council that apparently can’t find anything better or useful to work on.
- throwawaysea 5y ago
  Why not just let individuals decide what they want? Why use the heavy hammer of a ban? Maybe many people don't want this kind of change. Your comment reads a lot like “this is how you boil a frog, slowly”.

dml2135 5y ago

Would you be happier if they banned all gas outright? This is how you make change, in small steps.

parkingrift 5y ago
If they actually banned gas I would just leave. Fortunately, they can’t do that. Instead, they focus on writing rules that will have zero impact.
- dml2135 5y ago
  Well no, they don’t have zero impact. They have enough of an impact that they will improve things a bit, but not cause a sudden change that would cause people such as you to leave. That’s the entire idea behind phasing this in, and by your own admission it seems to be well designed.
  - parkingrift 5y ago
    It’s not being phased in. There is no announced plans for this to ever apply to existing residential buildings. There isn’t enough new residential construction in NYC for this to be anything but a rounding error. The only reason the council is even able to get away with such a ban is because of how pointless they’ve made it. It’s just pure virtue signaling by a council that apparently can’t find anything better or useful to work on.
throwawaysea 5y ago
Why not just let individuals decide what they want? Why use the heavy hammer of a ban? Maybe many people don't want this kind of change. Your comment reads a lot like “this is how you boil a frog, slowly”.