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46. Our power goes out a lot too! My nephew had to get a hotel room to take the bar exam online in case

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Sun Jan 22, 2023, 02:43 AM

Jan 2023

the power went out in our town while he was taking it.

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HUH - Maybe there is a reason for banning gas stoves [View all] packman Jan 2023 OP

Many (maybe most) residential hoods don't remove the fumes just recycled it into the house underpants Jan 2023 #1

How many decades now have there been gast ranges? brush Jan 2023 #47

I always loved gas stoves for their control, but the occasional fumed bothered me. niyad Jan 2023 #2

All those damned HGTV remodeling shows were responsible for a lot of the explosion in hlthe2b Jan 2023 #3

I love my gas stove. You will have to pry it from my cold dead noxous fingers. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #4

You may keep yours but future generations will not. jimfields33 Jan 2023 #5

You are correct. Petroleum is NOT a renewable source...not at the rate of usage we are Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #9

Tell me again why we're pushing natural gas generation of electricity. sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #13

Because it's better than coal?? Disaffected Jan 2023 #22

...in Buffalo, during our December blizzard.. thomski64 Jan 2023 #7

Oh my ... Delphinus Jan 2023 #11

Except that guy in Niagara County that died of CO2 poisoning from his gas furnace tenderfoot Jan 2023 #15

That is like saying that all electrical heated homes should be eliminated because Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #20

I'm saying that gas can be a danger tenderfoot Jan 2023 #21

Carbon dioxide? Orrex Jan 2023 #26

I may be wrong, but my guess is one multigraincracker Jan 2023 #6

I suspect you are correct, but that is pure supposition on my part. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #8

We need a visual pie chart multigraincracker Jan 2023 #10

In the air inside my house, Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #34

What about natural gas powered vehicles? We have buses running, proudly sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #12

I don't let buses drive in my house. hunter Jan 2023 #14

Cooked on gas stoves all my life until I moved into this apartment at the end of 2020. sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #17

Modern electric stoves Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #35

This is a 3 year old Hotpoint. sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #37

emissions from a bus discharge into the open air, not the interior of your home Takket Jan 2023 #24

When power goes out here I can cook ripcord Jan 2023 #16

I have an electric stove. Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #36

I don't cook well outside when it is below freezing ripcord Jan 2023 #41

Well I will admit those temperatures Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #42

It would be nice to live in a first world nation where the power doesn't go out for days. hunter Jan 2023 #45

Our power goes out a lot too! My nephew had to get a hotel room to take the bar exam online in case liberal_mama Jan 2023 #46

Going to shut these down too? 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #18

They're not in your closed-up house. marybourg Jan 2023 #19

Right thats OK lol 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #40

False comparison. Disaffected Jan 2023 #23

False comparison and the you go in about coal? Wow 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #27

Your reply might be interesting if Disaffected Jan 2023 #28

the point of the study is the fumes from buring the gas INSIDE your home can be harmful Takket Jan 2023 #25

That would be a good idea too. hunter Jan 2023 #39

Bullshit and no. Demsrule86 Jan 2023 #29

There already are a number of municipalities and small towns that won't allow gas randr Jan 2023 #30

Is that just in new construction? n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #43

Yes, including large developement projects randr Jan 2023 #44

Reasoning doesn't enter into it. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2023 #31

In the Summer, I cook on coal (outside of course) Polybius Jan 2023 #32

Will Gold Medallion All-Electric Homes make a return? Hekate Jan 2023 #33

Utilities used to cut the per kWh price if you used more and more electricity CoopersDad Jan 2023 #38

Homes in one neighborhood I grew up in had Gold Medallion doorbell buttons. hunter Jan 2023 #48

Decades ago we switched from gas to electric, w/a backup wood cookstove eShirl Jan 2023 #49

All this is new info to me, but gas anything always made me nervous... Joinfortmill Jan 2023 #50