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Oh boy, here we go, Gas stove 2: Electric Boogaloo
Per the article:
Yea but your facts and logic won't stop the right wingers from screeching about it like Biden is deploying a secret stove police force that will break into your home and steal your stove
I expect a lot of "experts" playing the "ackshually electric appliances powered by coal are worse than gas" card, ignoring the continually declining rate of coal power production globally, but especially in the US.
The ironic part is that, according to the article, 97% of gas stoves on the market already meet the updated requirements.
The further irony is that most of the red states where people make a big deal over this shit overwhelmingly run electric. Running fossil gas infrastructure was something that largely was only done in the rich and progressive places, originally. Even in those red states a lot of the places that have gas are a little urban areas that lean comparably or entirely blue.
Republicans care deeply about their right to keep their gas stoves irrespective of the fact that they didn't have them in the first place.
The main force fueling all this handkerchief wringing is obviously just lobbyists for the gas industry though. I'm sure that goes without saying but I'm going to say it anyway.