Who needs government regulation?

How many times have we heard this story...

Four decades ago, the gas industry and appliance manufacturers developed a partial solution for [combusted air pollution]. They created a cleaner and more efficient burner. But you can't buy ranges with those burners because the industry never manufactured those appliances for sale.

Appliance manufacturers and gas industry allies say there are reasons for that: these burners cost more, are less durable, harder to clean, and they didn't see consumer demand for them.

  NPR

Perhaps because consumers didn't know about them?

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is investigating whether gas stoves need tighter regulations to protect human health. One commissioner even left open the possibility of banning sales of new gas stoves.

And MAGA lost its mind.

This week, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed rules that would require all stoves to be more energy efficient. If approved, more than half the gas cooktop market today wouldn't qualify under the new requirements, according to the DOE. The proposed regulations would take effect for sales of new stoves in 2027.

The article goes on to explain the infrared burner developers created in the 80s to address the pollution problem and the lack of knowledge and understanding by consumers of exposure dangers.

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.....but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.