(KNSI) — A fight has ignited over the future of gas stoves.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner told Bloomberg News that gas stoves were a “hidden hazard” as research suggests they contribute to childhood asthma and hinted his agency could ban them, a move the president says he would not support.
Environmental engineering expert Dan Cohan with Rice University says, “burning natural gas is the biggest source of climate warming pollution in homes, but almost none of that is coming from the stoves. Stoves only emit a few percent of those greenhouse gasses,” so banning gas stoves won’t save the planet.
“Gas stoves on their own barely burn any gas. They’re not a big source of revenue for the gas companies.”
He says it’s gas heaters that are the biggest culprit of pollution. So, instead of just focusing on kitchen appliances, he says there needs to be a larger debate over fossil fuels.
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