I haven't seen evidence that this regulation will prevent the planet from being destroyed.

Also, personal health is not something that's generally regulated by the government, despite the potential to cause additional state spending.

It’s not? Drugs are illegal

And how's that going?

> I haven't seen evidence that this regulation will prevent the planet from being destroyed.

There is plenty of evidence that a 100% phase out of natural gas is necessary but not sufficient.

i don't follow your argument on #2.

i also dont understand why we can't have legislation that says "you can only have a stove cooktop if its properly vented"..

In the winter, when i lose electricity, i can run my house on a small amount of power because i have natural gas heat, cooktop, clothes dryer, and two natural gas fireplaces. I'm not particularly interested in giving up that safety or luxury.

this is extremely important to highlight.

Monoculture is risky in all domains. Heating is not exempt

Good thing you won’t have to. No one is talking about forcing you to rip out your gas fireplace. You simply won’t be able to replace it when it breaks down 30 years from now.

I'm not sure why you think that makes me feel any better? The problem still exists, you've just kicked the can down the road. I'm also not excited about ripping out walls in a fairly large house just to run 10/3 so i can get a 240v connection to an electric cooktop at some point in the future.

1. Do you believe in banning other bad things people do to themselves like smoking or eating too much? Obesity is by far the largest public health problem in the United States.

2. There is a relevant difference between doing something bad for you (like smoking - legal but the government tries hard to let you know it's bad) and murdering others with a knife.