Posted on 01/27/2022 7:47:09 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Gas stoves are contributing more to global warming than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks while they’re off, a new study found.
The same study that tested emissions around stoves in homes raised new concerns about indoor air quality and health because of levels of nitrogen oxides measured.
Even when they are not running, U.S. gas stoves are putting 2.6 million tons (2.4 million metric tons) of methane — in carbon dioxide equivalent units — into the air each year, a team of California researchers found in a study published in Thursday’s journal Environmental Science & Technology. That’s equivalent to the annual amount of greenhouse gases from 500,000 cars or what the United States puts into the air every three-and-a-half hours.
Many communities have bans on gas stove use in future new construction that will take effect in future years, including New York City and the Bay Area cities of San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and Berkeley, Jackson said.
“People can already choose electric appliances if they want,” said Frank Maisano, a Washington policy and public relations expert who represents gas and appliance interests. “People just like gas appliances because they perform better, especially in colder climates.”
“Natural gas appliances are generally more energy- and cost-effective than their electric counterparts,” Maisano said.
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Crappola.
Imagine there are people who really believe this make-believe.
Global Warming is a lie, so the whole article is B.S.
The greenhouse gas theory is all hot air.
Man cannot change the climate, even if we wanted to.
Oh BS!
Somebody’s making money on this racket.
It’s just the same con as EVs. The electric utilities are a political cash cow. It’s all BS.
I guess we need to go back to caves and eat raw stuff.
There is a mounting campaign to demonize methane as a greenhouse gas, which it is, but is so minuscule in the atmosphere(1-2 parts per million) that the alarm is laughable. The forces of decomposition just can’t ever quit, however, in their desire to wreak havoc on civilization.
I have electric...but I would love gas....like my mom had.
Liberals won’t stop until we all live in caves eating rocks and twigs. “ Liberals are regressives.
The money line showing the unscientific fraud in the study:
“The researchers examined 53 home kitchens in California — many in bed and breakfasts they rented. They sealed most of the rooms in plastic tarps and then measured emissions when the stoves were working and when they were not. And what was surprising was that three-quarters of the methane released happened while the stoves were off, Jackson said. Those are emissions releases that the government doesn’t account for, he said.”
Anywhere from 50 to 60% of California homes have gas stoves.
Sampling 53 of them does not a scientific study make.
The Ass-ociated Press is disassociating.
Goody - just when I was running out of things I need to worry about!
its important that everyone is all electric so big gov can control everyone with blackouts
We run our entire fleet of forklifts and yard trucks on LNG - plus we have Natural Gas Generators for our plant.
We have always been told that the LNG is much cleaner than Unleaded Gas.
I’ll see your “tiny methane leak” and raise you any active volcano.
How can anyone make this sort of statement when they don’t know the difference between good and bad?
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