Gas stoves are at the top of mind for Americans as there have been more and
more warnings about the safety risks associated with them.
So there have been some rumors that there might be an upcoming ban on gas stoves,
that's not gonna happen.
Yet on a federal level although there have been some new regulations based
on which state you live in,
pertaining to new construction and the inclusion of gas stoves.
So what's going on here, well, on monday Richard Trump to JR one of the four
commissioners on the Consumer Product Safety Commission said this, okay.
This is a hidden hazard meaning the gas stoves.
Any option is on the table products that can't be made safe can be banned.
As it turns out there are some concerning health impacts associated with gas stoves,
that I didn't know about and had been largely ignored.
So when a gas stove is on, it does release not only a small
particulate matter that can enter the lungs but
also nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and formaldehyde.
Which by the way, I just pronounced perfectly and I'm really proud of myself,
all of which by the way are also considered health risks, John okay.
>> I don't see how those are gonna kill you, formaldehyde is over used to
preserve dead bodies, so that seems like if anything that would sustain life.
>> Well could kill you is an electric stove that makes subpar food,
we'll get to that in a moment.
But first more details on the health risks associated with gas powered stoves.
>> At the heart of the issue is medical research, showing nearly 13% of
childhood asthma cases in the US, can be linked to the use of a gas stove.
It's one of multiple studies looking into chemicals that enter our homes through
stoves.
>> These are oxides of nitrogen or
NOx that get released into our homes when we use gas to cook.
And those and NOx are well known to contribute to asthma.
>> Many pollutants are odorless, consumer reports also looking into this.
>> Nitrogen dioxide is a concern because we know that it does have
adverse effects on respiratory track respiratory illnesses.
>> You see that, the woke left trying to rob us of our gas stoves,
bringing up chemicals that are odorless, they don't even smell bad John.
>> And that's the only way that something can hurt you, is if it has to smell bad.
Look, people say that we sometimes don't have enough diversity of opinion,
we don't bring conservatives on.
This is actually I'm excited the first time that I'm co hosting a segment with
Tucker Carlson.
And so, this is an exciting thing for me.
>> Okay, look in all seriousness.
I do love my gas powered stove, I will admit that, okay.
But of course, I take these safety concerns very seriously.
Okay, but now I'm being serious.
It's fine if let's say California is phasing out the use of gas stove certainly
in new construction and stuff like that, that's cool.
The problem that I have mainly with most environmental efforts is this.
Honestly, it feels like they always put the onus,
the financial onus on the consumer and I think there needs, okay.
In California, there's no help by the way, so eventually hold on, stop for a second.
Let me finish my point, California is moving toward
banning the sale of all gas-powered vehicles because
they wanna go all electric but I believe it was 2035.
Which is fine but okay, at some point when you're unable to buy a gas
powered vehicle or you're gonna be pressured to buy an electric
vehicle is there gonna be any financial aid in doing that?
>> Have been up until this point, I would argue that there needs to be more, but.
>> Will there be when I do live in a Condo and what's gonna happen eventually?
At some point, there's gonna be an HOA meeting,
where we're gonna talk about allocating the necessary funds to convert
every single unit in the building, from gas powered stoves to electric stoves.
Making those conversions is gonna cost money,
is the government gonna help with that?
>> Well, that that's on your HOA if they're deciding to do that.
If the regulations are requiring and HOA is insisting that you do.
>> But the regulations by default will require that,
because when they stop allowing the construction of new homes that
include gas power stoves and all of that.
Well then the technology that we're using slowly but
surely will be completely antiquated.
We're gonna have to switch to an electric stove when we need a new stove.
>> Strong carriages eventually became a little bit harder to buy new.
>> Okay, but John it's a serious concern are we gonna get financial aid?
>> The IRA has money to help you switch over from gas stove $850,
very specifically it does.
I don't know if California has a specific thing, it seems like an easy sort of thing
for Gavin Newsom to champion and pass to pretend that he's a true progressive.
It is possible they have something like that.
And look, it's not like I've been banging the wardrobes on gas stoves for
a long time.
My house has a gas stove, you know why?
>> Because they're awesome.
>> No, because the house was built in like 1942 and
it's probably the original stove that was there.
>> In the construction of homes was awesome.
>> Anyway, look, it has consequences.
You now cannot deny what the consequences are and
especially if you're gonna be burning a gas, having it be nose high to a child and
directly under the food you consume seems like an especially bad way to do it.
There are other ways to heat things, I'm not saying we need to
take them out of houses and in that way I am like everyone else.
Because nobody including Richard Trumka or AOC or
anyone is saying they're gonna come in and take your stove.
I will find my final point is, it is one thing for conservatives to be like,
I don't wanna switch to an electric car, that's a bridge too far.
I like my V8, it's a different thing when they say,
I don't wanna switch to electric car, I also don't wanna use solar power.
I don't wanna get led light bulbs, I don't wanna efficiency standards,
I don't want the electric stove, I don't want literally anything.
I don't wanna eat a little bit less meat,
I will not participate in any productive way to help us climate change.
And if you don't want a couple of the biggest things to be all or nothing, then
maybe we can start to make subtle small changes across a wide range of things.
But they're not willing to do either of those.
>> Yeah, I'm not in that camp and look at the end of the day.
Fine, I'll give up my gas stove.
I'm not that bitter about it,
except I do think that electric stoves need to improve.
I know some of you are gonna write it and be like, no, my electric stove is awesome,
no it's not.
It's not, don't lie to me, but like I'm fine.
Again no, we shouldn't.
My biggest concern is whether people are gonna get the help they need financially
to make these changes, because I think the changes are important.
Right now though I do wanna note that the head of the commission threw cold water on
the idea that in the near future ban this federally banned gas stoves federally.
Quote, I'm not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so.
CPSC is researching gas emissions in Stowe coves and
exploring new ways to address any health risks.
CPSC also is actively engaged in strengthening voluntary safety standards
for gas stove.
So, gas stoves could be improved so they're safer possibly so
that's a possibility here.
But finally, this is the part that I really wanted to get to after I kinda
dealt with my own feelings about this.
Let's go to graphic seven because the former White House doctor Ronny Jackson,
not a fan, not a fan of any of this discussion, and I'm against him.
So that's how John that I'm not one of the bad guys, I'll never give up my gas stove.
If the maniacs in the White House come from my stove,
they can pry it from my cold dead hands come and take it.
>> You'll die over your stove.
Look, I've never understood the argument that you should die over having
access to guns, the purpose of witches to stop you from dying.
That always seemed a little bit weird to me, but dying over the stove.
>> He's also, by the way, fundraising off the issue.
>> This is just conservative politics, literally anything being changed.
Any regulation is supposed to be the scariest thing ever.
Nothing should ever improve, nothing should get better.