Earlier this month, Bidenās Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that it opposed gas stoves and was looking at ways to eliminate them, prompting an outcry over the coming ban. But climate scolds arenāt just looking to ban your gas stove, America. They have a long list of other appliances they want canceled, too.
On Jan. 9, the CPSC pointed out that about 35 percent of U.S. households use gas stoves, and then warned of the dangers of their use.
CPSC commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. presented research from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health that claimed that gas stoves are a āhidden hazard,ā and added that āAny option is on the table. Products that canāt be made safe can be banned.ā
After the expected ruckus was kicked up by those who found this latest autocratic outrage to be a bit too much, the CPSC rushed out a followup statement saying, āThe Commission has not proposed regulatory action at this time. Commission staff also continues to work with voluntary standards organizations to examine gas stove emissions and address potential hazards.ā
The key words are āat this time.ā
The nanny state move was further complicated by the fact that the study, used by CPSC, warning that gas stoves promote asthma in kids was partly funded by RMI, a group that seeks to āaccelerate the clean energy transition,ā and was co-authored by Brady Seals, the manager of RMIās Carbon-Free Buildings arm, which aims to retrofit buildings with electric appliances.
In turn, RMI, which used the study to promote stove electrification, has received at least $1 million in donations from Breakthrough Energy, a āgreen energyā investment firm founded by Bill Gates, as well as the Bezos Earth Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies, according to the 2022 RMI donors report.
In addition, Trumka had been trying and failing to get gas stoves banned outright since October, according to the Washington Examiner.
Not much bias there, huh?
And itās all part of Joe Bidenās drive to end the use of natural gas and other fossil fuels, of course.
Then the hypocrisy of it all went viral when images of Jill Biden, Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez using gas stoves in their homes hit social media.
But gas stoves arenāt the only thing climate scolds and the radicals in the Biden administration want to take away from us all. There is a growing list of other modern conveniences these advocates of stone age living want to destroy.
The Democrats and their extremist Climate Change allies want to take away items from nearly every room of our homes, according to Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
āThereās bad news for almost every room in the house,ā Lieberman told Fox News Digital. āClimate activists and the Biden administration want homeowners to stop using natural gas and to electrify everything. That would affect appliances that come in natural gas and electric versions such as stoves, but also heating systems and water heaters.
āSo, there are efforts underway to tilt the balance in favor of electric versions even though natural gas is considerably cheaper on a per-unit energy basis. It makes sense to give consumers that choice rather than force them towards electric.ā
To name just a few things Biden wants banned, Fox noted, the list includes āwater heaters, furnaces, clothes washers, dishwashers, ceiling fans, microwave ovens and shower heads,ā all in order to push his unattainable net-zero climate goals.
In 2022 alone, the Biden administration pushed out more than 110 new regulations to strangle products extreme climate activists donāt like.
But Lieberman noted that if advanced appliances were what everyone wants, theyād āsell themselvesā and the iron boot of government mandates wouldnāt be necessary.
āI think there are some real problems from a consumerās standpoint when you start to reduce choices ā I would say that youāre never doing consumers a favor when youāre reducing choices and forcing them to take eco-friendly models which will be on the market regardless,ā Lieberman said. āThe question is: Do we want mandates that force that choice on everyone, especially when itās the more expensive option upfront?ā
The only thing consumers will find with this avalanche of restrictive regulations is higher prices on their appliances and goods.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
