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I wonder why all these health issues weren't more widely observed back in the day when every gas stove and gas-powered water/room heater had a continuously burn
by PopAlongKid 3y ago
I wonder why all these health issues weren't more widely observed back in the day when every gas stove and gas-powered water/room heater had a continuously burning pilot light. Shouldn't the additional combustion 24 hours/day have magnified the effect to the point where no one could ignore it?
I grew up in a house with an electric coil stove, not because of worries about exhaust but more about leaks in the gas supply line. The house actually had a powerful vent fan built right into the exterior wall above the stove location.
The house also had a coal-burning gravity furnace, and directly across the street was a railroad with diesel engines for both freight and commuters passing by many times a day. And one of my parents was a cigarette smoker, which I was exposed to every morning. And yet somehow I don't have asthma. But now when I cook I do run the vent fan to outside that is in the microwave mounted over my stove.
- javagram 3y agoOlder houses “breathe” aka leak air like sieves. Air pollution from a small source like a pilot light is quickly diluted by air exchange with the outdoors.
- ender341341 3y agoalso for many areas the rest of the pollution you were exposed to made it relatively trivial in the scheme of things, like it may have contributed but all that smog outside had a much more drastic effect. As we clean up other sources more minor ones will stick out. I definitely miss my gas for lots of stuff but on the other hand besides having a cast iron grating instead of glass like surface pretty much every benefit of it is matched by induction, except on cheaper models it can be hard to see what's hot or not (capacitance touch on kitchen appliances is beyond stupid)