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| California Bay Area to Start Banning Gas Furnaces and Water Heaters |
| 2023-03-17 |
| [Epoch Times] "Coldest winter I've ever spent was a summer in San Francisco"-NOT Mark Twain "The rule amendments would apply only to new appliances and do not mandate the immediate change out of existing appliances, nor will they apply to appliances used for cooking, such as gas stoves," according to a March 15 press release. According to new amendments, only "zero NOx" water heaters can be sold or installed in the Bay Area beginning in 2027. Two years later in 2029, only zero NOx furnaces will be allowed to be sold or installed in the region. And in 2031, new commercial water heaters in the Bay Area will have to meet zero NOx standards. Then they can ban gas stoves, if the Feds haven't already done so. If adopted, the Bay Area’s amendment updates are expected to affect roughly two-thirds of all households in the region estimated to use natural gas appliances. The development could hit such households financially as gas heating tends to be cheaper than alternatives like electricity. Other heating alternatives: Solar, coal, wood, and nuclear. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, average household spending on natural gas heating in the United States for winter 2022—23 was pegged at $931, far cheaper than the average spending on heating via electricity at $1,359. Fortunately, California has plenty of electricity and loads more coming on line in the near future. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #7 When will they cut all electric supplies generated by natural gas? |
| Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 2023-03-17 19:02 |
| #6 Ah the olden days when talk like this was the work of fevered Magas who would then go on about how flat The Earth is. Godwin February. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-03-17 15:49 |
| #5 Fuck em, They need a law that restricts any of these nitwits to move and spread their bullshit. |
| Posted by: Chris 2023-03-17 15:38 |
| #4 You just can't fix stupid! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-03-17 12:05 |
| #3 The Bay is a penal colony with outrageous rent. They have blocked electrical power generation in the state and continue to push all usage towards electrical for which they don’t have the generation capacity. It is a strategy that will drive the proletariat into urban apartments by cost or by fire. They have wind farms, but more than half of the units by Livermore are perpetually idle due to maintenance costs. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-03-17 11:30 |
| #2 If natural gas is so horrible we need to stop sending it to Europe. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2023-03-17 10:38 |
| #1 An unusually fast conspiracy to reality cycle. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2023-03-17 09:22 |