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I don't think anyone fantasized about people seizing their lightbulbs. But given their finite life, it doesn't take long until you have to replace them. Stoves
by crackercrews 4y ago
I don't think anyone fantasized about people seizing their lightbulbs. But given their finite life, it doesn't take long until you have to replace them.
Stoves last much longer, but if parts are not available it has the same effect over time.
I don't know why there are people here saying this would never happen. NY Gov Hochul literally just proposed legislation that will ban gas stoves in new construction. It will also eventually block putting it into existing buildings. If you can't see where this is going you have your eyes closed.
- SamBam 4y agoBecause "literally just proposed legislation that will ban gas stoves in new construction" is the standard way that laws phase out out-dated or dangerous commodities, like no cars sold without catalytic converters sold after 1975, or no new construction with ungrounded outlets since 1962. No feds are going into houses ripping out ungrounded wiring. To suggest that they'd do the same for gas stoves is just spreading stupid FUD.
- crackercrews 4y agoAnd once there is a causal link between gas stoves and health outcomes, then it would make sense to take those steps. For now, it's all associational studies, which HNers usually see through.
- SamBam 4y agoIt's not just an "associational study" because there is a clear proposed mechanism, in this case the known affect of nitrogen oxides on lungs. A correlation plus a well-understood mechanism isn't simply a correlation, it's evidence of a hypothesis.
- crackercrews 4y agoYes, an unproven hypothesis.