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I have a gas stove and love it, I love to bbq on wood coals, etc.. I still understand how air quality works. Opening a window when you are combusting indoors

I have a gas stove and love it, I love to bbq on wood coals, etc.. I still understand how air quality works. Opening a window when you are combusting indoors is not neuroscience. The fact that this is "political" is just nuts.

sealeck 4y ago
I think it's the concern about CO2 emissions that are political.
- consumer451 4y ago
  Yeah, which is nuts. What's next? Math is political?
  - sealeck 4y ago
    I don't know – I'm not the one who doesn't think we should reduce CO2 emissions.
    - dang 4y ago
      Sorry for the offtopicness but could you please email me at hn@ycombinator.com? I want to send you a repost invite.
- das-hinterland 4y ago
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  - crazygringo 4y ago
    > ...annual methane emissions from all gas stoves in U.S. homes have a climate impact comparable to the annual carbon dioxide emissions of 500,000 cars. [1] That doesn't seem like "noise" or "very little" to me. And we don't fix climate change with one big thing but rather by fixing 1,000 smaller things. This is part of the solution, and it's not too small to ignore. [1] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04707 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04707
spywaregorilla 4y ago
Opening a window isn't exactly practical or available in many situations.
- bmelton 4y ago
  It's also not necessary. The particulate studies that measured gas stoves as being super dangerous were measured in the most impractical scenarios where the room was sealed off with plastic, and not at all reflective of basically anyone's real home.
  - thatfrenchguy 4y ago
    Just buy a CO2 sensor and you'll see quickly what the issue with gas stoves is. I have one in front of my gas stove and it takes a lot longer even with ventilation / open windows that you'd think to get back to normal indoor levels.
    - crazygringo 4y ago
      Seriously. I always thought it was exaggeration until I bought a sensor as well. I was horrified.
    - nradov 4y ago
      A little CO2 isn't harmful at all. Are you thinking of CO?
      - Gigachad 4y ago
        CO2 is just an easy to measure thing but if CO2 is leaking in to the room, all the other pollutants are too. If your extraction setup was actually working properly you wouldn't notice any change in CO2 in the room.
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xapata 4y ago
Opening a window isn't enough, for me. I need a powerful fan, too.

sealeck 4y ago

I think it's the concern about CO2 emissions that are political.

consumer451 4y ago
Yeah, which is nuts. What's next? Math is political?
- sealeck 4y ago
  I don't know – I'm not the one who doesn't think we should reduce CO2 emissions.
  - dang 4y ago
    Sorry for the offtopicness but could you please email me at hn@ycombinator.com? I want to send you a repost invite.
das-hinterland 4y ago
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- crazygringo 4y ago
  > ...annual methane emissions from all gas stoves in U.S. homes have a climate impact comparable to the annual carbon dioxide emissions of 500,000 cars. [1] That doesn't seem like "noise" or "very little" to me. And we don't fix climate change with one big thing but rather by fixing 1,000 smaller things. This is part of the solution, and it's not too small to ignore. [1] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04707 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04707

spywaregorilla 4y ago

Opening a window isn't exactly practical or available in many situations.

bmelton 4y ago
It's also not necessary. The particulate studies that measured gas stoves as being super dangerous were measured in the most impractical scenarios where the room was sealed off with plastic, and not at all reflective of basically anyone's real home.
- thatfrenchguy 4y ago
  Just buy a CO2 sensor and you'll see quickly what the issue with gas stoves is. I have one in front of my gas stove and it takes a lot longer even with ventilation / open windows that you'd think to get back to normal indoor levels.
  - crazygringo 4y ago
    Seriously. I always thought it was exaggeration until I bought a sensor as well. I was horrified.
  - nradov 4y ago
    A little CO2 isn't harmful at all. Are you thinking of CO?
    - Gigachad 4y ago
      CO2 is just an easy to measure thing but if CO2 is leaking in to the room, all the other pollutants are too. If your extraction setup was actually working properly you wouldn't notice any change in CO2 in the room.
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xapata 4y ago

Opening a window isn't enough, for me. I need a powerful fan, too.