Voters spoke loud and clear, but Big Green, Inc. is having nothing to do with it.
Just The News (12/2/24) reports: "When a Consumer Project Safety commissioner suggested in 2023 that the federal government would consider banning gas stoves over safety concerns, it set off fierce nationwide backlash. While the Energy Department finalized stove efficiency standards, they were watered down from the original proposal and no outright ban ever materialized. No federal ban on gas stoves materialized, but climate advocates seeking to stop consumers from accessing natural gas have tried a number of state and local efforts to achieve their goals – all with similar results as that on the federal level. Despite more recent losses, they’re looking at trying some other strategies. Last month, voters in Washington approved a ballot measure to protect consumers’ access to natural gas, and Berkeley, California, voters soundly rejected a measure that would have taxed natural gas emissions in large buildings, with the funds going toward decarbonization programs. Opponents of the measure said the tax would have made natural gas an unaffordable option, and therefore, the measure was a de facto ban. Despite voter approval, Washington climate advocates are now taking the matter to the court. A conservation group, a solar industry group, the city of Seattle, and King County filed a lawsuit to overturn the Washington measure, arguing that it violates state Constitutional limits on how many subjects can be included in a ballot measure."
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"AI has the potential to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges, but this potential will be squandered if we cling to an outdated energy model incapable of meeting the demands of the future. We must unleash the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and innovators eager to rise to AI’s energy challenge—or to the challenge posed by any other as-yet-created high-energy sector that could transform our lives for the better."
– Travis Fisher & Joshua Loucks, Cato Institute
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