While I do enjoy mocking Illinois (in general) and Chicago (in particular), New York has taken the lead in Clown World Climate insanity.
No More Gas
Last month Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law banning gas stoves, furnaces and water heaters and banning the use of propane heating. Starting in 2026 new buildings less than seven stories must be all electric. Taller buildings have until 2029.
So... no more gas grills and no more gas fireplaces.
The clowns who legislate this nonsense claim "Methane, the main component of natural gas used to fuel stoves and heat homes, has more than 80 times (the greenhouse effect) as carbon dioxide"
www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/us/new-york-natural-gas-ban-climate/index.html
This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read... you see a methane molecule consists of one carbon atom and 4 hydrogen atoms (i.e. CH4). When you burn methane with your stove, furnace, etc, the result is one molecule of carbon dioxide (CO2) and two molecules of water (H2O).
In other words, burning methane (natural gas) produces less greenhouse gas... it is definitely NOT 80 times more. As a point of full disclosure, unburnt methane (from farting cows) is, indeed, a potent greenhouse gas.
No More Gas
Last month Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law banning gas stoves, furnaces and water heaters and banning the use of propane heating. Starting in 2026 new buildings less than seven stories must be all electric. Taller buildings have until 2029.
So... no more gas grills and no more gas fireplaces.
The clowns who legislate this nonsense claim "Methane, the main component of natural gas used to fuel stoves and heat homes, has more than 80 times (the greenhouse effect) as carbon dioxide"
www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/us/new-york-natural-gas-ban-climate/index.html
This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read... you see a methane molecule consists of one carbon atom and 4 hydrogen atoms (i.e. CH4). When you burn methane with your stove, furnace, etc, the result is one molecule of carbon dioxide (CO2) and two molecules of water (H2O).
In other words, burning methane (natural gas) produces less greenhouse gas... it is definitely NOT 80 times more. As a point of full disclosure, unburnt methane (from farting cows) is, indeed, a potent greenhouse gas.
They will come after your charcoal grill and your wood-burning fireplace next... to save the Climate.
Give Us Pizza Or Give Us Death
You may think that I was just being snarky when I said they will ban charcoal grills. But you would be wrong.
New York City is banning the use of wood-fired pizza ovens (or requiring the owners to install CO2 scrubbers). Mayor Adams said "I love my vegan pizza with vegan cheese. And something about pizza, like, does anyone dislike pizza? Everyone likes pizza,"... but he goes on to say that the city must do everything it can to shrink the carbon footprint. YAY!
The Mayor is also upset that a 'pizza activist' hurled slices of cheese pizza over the gate at City Hall... screaming "Give us pizza or give us death". Kind of catchy.
Keep in mind that the 100 (or so) wood-fired pizza joints in New York City release less CO2 in a year than John Kerry's jet spews out in an hour... maybe we should keep the pizza and ban John Kerry.
You may think that I was just being snarky when I said they will ban charcoal grills. But you would be wrong.
New York City is banning the use of wood-fired pizza ovens (or requiring the owners to install CO2 scrubbers). Mayor Adams said "I love my vegan pizza with vegan cheese. And something about pizza, like, does anyone dislike pizza? Everyone likes pizza,"... but he goes on to say that the city must do everything it can to shrink the carbon footprint. YAY!
The Mayor is also upset that a 'pizza activist' hurled slices of cheese pizza over the gate at City Hall... screaming "Give us pizza or give us death". Kind of catchy.
Keep in mind that the 100 (or so) wood-fired pizza joints in New York City release less CO2 in a year than John Kerry's jet spews out in an hour... maybe we should keep the pizza and ban John Kerry.
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