Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui...
by alex_lav on Sunday April 30, 2023 @08:43PM
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Should legislation include science and fact-less personal preference?
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui...
by apnew on Sunday April 30, 2023 @10:45PM
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Where did I say that? I’m saying there is no need for restricting gas range installations via legislation.
If the goal is to fight health risks there’s way to mitigate those risks scientifically in other ways that allows people to keep their preferences. Just saying “science” in a sentence doesn’t make your point scientifically valid, we don’t need to turn science into religion.
Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui...
by alex_lav on Sunday April 30, 2023 @11:10PM
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But...replace gas range with seatbelts or smoking cigarettes indoors and you're repeating exactly the argument that was made while that legislation was happening. "We can't add legislation because I like the dangerous thing"
Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui...
by apnew on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:09AM
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If I were to take your examples; range hood is the seatbelt; what this legislation is doing is telling driving “too unsafe; everyone must take train”.
Or too take cigarettes example; ban cigarette sales completely instead of banning smoking indoors.
I hope you see the nuance now.
Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui...
by alex_lav on Monday May 01, 2023 @04:10PM
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I don't. I still see a person advocating for their own ability to be negligent as a result of personal preference, in the face of data suggesting that preference is a problem.