They aren’t eco-friendly, but can be lifesaving in a catastrophe.
Beyond just the ickiness of inhaling fumes from our stoves, burning natural gas gives off carbon dioxide that simply cannot be captured, which a climate-sustainable society cannot afford, according to, a professor of environmental engineering at the University of California at Berkeley.
“As we move from carbon-intensive electricity to clean electricity, then electricity as a cooking tool becomes more and more carbon favorable,” Nazaroff says.As wonderful as it sounds to just magically turn every stove into an electric one, the transition will require more than simply swapping out appliances. First off, even going through the switch could cost a chunk of change that not everyone can afford.
“We need to be planning for that now, as policymakers, utilities, businesses, property owners. There’s just not been a lot of planning,” Seals says.
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