From the article's first paragraph: Over 1,300 people died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by portable generators between 2004 and 2021 alone. [1] Anoth

From the article's first paragraph: Over 1,300 people died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by portable generators between 2004 and 2021 alone. [1] Another 77,000 people were hurt in that same period. Worse yet, a quarter of all fatal incidents associated with portable generators involve multiple deaths at once, some involving entire families.[2] Now let's run those numbers: (2021-2004)*1000000000/(1300+77000) = 217,114 For this US rule to save $1B/yr then each incident must cost $217,114 for deaths and related injuries. I'm not buying it. Obviously this rule is a Good Thing - I'm not disputing that and I'm not disputing it should be adopted. I'm disputing this yellow journalism claim that adopting it is going to save us $1 billion per year. Even with the hight cost of medical care in the US it's easy to see this isn't the case.