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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by chongli on Saturday April 29, 2023 @05:38PM (#35757472)
It’s a lot easier to just ban stuff than to regulate things so they’re done properly. I’m sure if building inspectors did an unannounced tour of 100 random apartment buildings in New York they’d find a list of code violations a mile long.
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by dmix on Saturday April 29, 2023 @09:47PM (#35758998)
That doesn't make banning suddenly better because regulation/codes are so broken.
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by brewdad on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:09AM (#35759625)
Yes it does. Unless you think reforming regulators will somehow be easier.
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by bombcar on Sunday April 30, 2023 @09:14AM (#35762240)
Banning turns enforcement from a "is this gas stove properly vented, when inspected before either are installed" to a "is that a gas hookup for this building? wtf"
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by mercutio2 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @11:31AM (#35763492)
Every new building already has a raft of inspections.

Banning something at construction time has by far the least regulatory impact of any intervention.

If anyone was proposing turning off existing methane infrastructure, that would be quite different.

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by dmix on Sunday April 30, 2023 @10:26PM (#35768499)
There’s still a 3rd option
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