Will the government's potential gas stove ban hurt lower income families and businesses? Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Neil Chatterjee and Chef Andrew Gruel weigh in.
as concerns surrounding indoor air pollutants from the appliances continue to rise, according to reports from Bloomberg. Agency commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. told Bloomberg gas stoves are a "hidden hazard" for respiratory and other health issues.
The U.S. federal government considering a ban on gas stoves over alleged harmful pollutants is a"tragic comedy," Chef Andrew Gruel told FOX Business' Dagen McDowell Tuesday.that, according to reports, release carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and other matter that the World Health Organization and EPA deemed unsafe because they can potentially cause cardiovascular problems, cancer and other health conditions.
"If we're cutting out natural gas, well, then where is all this electricity coming from? It's coming from coal, it's coming from natural gas in a centralized area, which means it's less efficient and that much worse for the environment. So it's actually a net negative," Gruel slammed. The federal agency cited a recent study by insight group RMI, which found gas stoves can emit elevated indoor nitrogen dioxide levels and exacerbate conditions like asthma in adults and children.
"The organization that funded this study, RMI, is an environmental think tank whose mission, right on their website, states that they want to get rid of all natural gas, anything so that they can reduce all greenhouse emissions," Gruel explained. "And obviously it's in their financial benefit to create a study that shows why we need to do this. So all of this is junk."
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