More on total ban: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-led-cities-already-moving-forward-gas-stove-bans-affect-millions
On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 8:09 PM Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Depends on where you live. POTUS has already gone mute on the subject > however > > > https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-bloom-energy-company-wants-to-bend-the-rules-again-milpitas-natural-gas-ban-all-electric-new-construction-buildings/ > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 7:32 PM Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hmmm. Imagine just the cost of rewiring residential and commercial >>> buildings for the subject matter...not to mention where we get the >>> replacement energy. >>> >> >> They are only talking about removing natural gas from stoves, where >> it causes health problems. There is no need to remove it from water heaters >> or furnaces, because they have chimneys. Most gas is used in space heating >> or water heating. In a kitchen with a ventilation hood over the stove, >> there would be no need to convert to electricity. I think new construction >> regulations ensuring adequate ventilation will solve most of the problems. >> >> (I think many gas ovens are vented. Not sure about that.) >> >> Very little replacement energy will be needed because an electric stove >> uses only a little more energy than gas. Modern electric stoves use >> induction rather than direct heating, which is more efficient than >> resistance heating. When the electricity comes from a natural gas fired >> generator, it is obviously less efficient than direct use of natural gas, >> but a lot of electricity these days comes from other sources such as wind >> or solar. >> >> The only rewiring involved would be installing a 220 VAC connection to >> the kitchen. In most U.S. houses there is already a 220 VAC connector to >> the clothes dryer. Anyway, this would be for new construction. I do not >> think anyone is considering a ban on gas stoves in existing houses. In new >> construction it would cost nothing to put a 220 VAC connector in the >> kitchen. >> >>
