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The level of CO2 rises dramatically when cooking using a gas stove in our house, by at least 1,000 ppm to around 1,500-1,900 ppm in the upstairs of a two-story

by bvan 3y ago

The level of CO2 rises dramatically when cooking using a gas stove in our house, by at least 1,000 ppm to around 1,500-1,900 ppm in the upstairs of a two-story house (kitchen on ground floor). And this is with a properly working hood above the stove.

verelo 3y ago
Yeah i was shocked when we got a CO2 / VOC meter in our house to realize the impact our gas stove was having. Replacing it is high on the todo list but sadly theres a lot of other high priority items up there right now. I'll never put a gas stove in a house again, not for the reasons most people cite - radon, fire risk etc - but for the CO2 impact.
- wilg 3y ago
  Gas stoves are basically only safe to use if you ALWAYS turn on the fan (and even then just barely), but most people only do that if they're cooking something really smoky.
  - Alupis 3y ago
    > Gas stoves are basically only safe to use if you ALWAYS turn on the fan There sure is some grade-A scaremongering going on in this thread. How many people die every year from CO2 poisoning while cooking?
    - lm28469 3y ago
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      - micromacrofoot 3y ago
        I don’t disagree but I think you might be over-correcting a little
    - adt2bt 3y ago
      None, but many die prematurely from air pollution.
      - Alupis 3y ago
        Can you provide any data related to cooktops, in-home air pollution, and linked deaths?
      - tedunangst 3y ago
        So how many picoQALYs per minute of gas range cooking?
    - verelo 3y ago
      Beyond 1000ppm cognitive decline occurs. We dont have an air exchanger in our house (yet) and with us spending so much time working from home the co2 levels regularly build up to above 1000. The gas range is the easiest way to get it to 1500 in a few minutes… I’m not scaremongering, i just don’t like working with an inhibited brain.
jtriangle 3y ago
The short term exposure limit for CO2 is 30,000ppm, continuous exposure limit is 5000ppm. Those are OSHA's numbers, so, conservative numbers. 1900ppm isn't a big deal, or anything to be concerned about unless you like being concerned about numbers on a graph (can't blame you, it's cool). You should, however, do yourself a favor and set your alert threshold to at the lowest 5000ppm

by bvan 3y ago

verelo 3y ago

Yeah i was shocked when we got a CO2 / VOC meter in our house to realize the impact our gas stove was having. Replacing it is high on the todo list but sadly theres a lot of other high priority items up there right now. I'll never put a gas stove in a house again, not for the reasons most people cite - radon, fire risk etc - but for the CO2 impact.

wilg 3y ago
Gas stoves are basically only safe to use if you ALWAYS turn on the fan (and even then just barely), but most people only do that if they're cooking something really smoky.
- Alupis 3y ago
  > Gas stoves are basically only safe to use if you ALWAYS turn on the fan There sure is some grade-A scaremongering going on in this thread. How many people die every year from CO2 poisoning while cooking?
  - lm28469 3y ago
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    - micromacrofoot 3y ago
      I don’t disagree but I think you might be over-correcting a little
  - adt2bt 3y ago
    None, but many die prematurely from air pollution.
    - Alupis 3y ago
      Can you provide any data related to cooktops, in-home air pollution, and linked deaths?
    - tedunangst 3y ago
      So how many picoQALYs per minute of gas range cooking?
  - verelo 3y ago
    Beyond 1000ppm cognitive decline occurs. We dont have an air exchanger in our house (yet) and with us spending so much time working from home the co2 levels regularly build up to above 1000. The gas range is the easiest way to get it to 1500 in a few minutes… I’m not scaremongering, i just don’t like working with an inhibited brain.

jtriangle 3y ago

The short term exposure limit for CO2 is 30,000ppm, continuous exposure limit is 5000ppm. Those are OSHA's numbers, so, conservative numbers. 1900ppm isn't a big deal, or anything to be concerned about unless you like being concerned about numbers on a graph (can't blame you, it's cool). You should, however, do yourself a favor and set your alert threshold to at the lowest 5000ppm