In the US, the #AbsoluteZero agenda for decarbonization demands people give up their gas stove — and use one that depends on the power grid instead. NPR says it is for your own good: We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change “TAKE OUT YOUR STOVE QUICK BEFORE IT KILLS YOUR CHILDREN” Americans love their gas stoves. It's a romance fueled by a decades-old "cooking with gas" campaign from utilities that includes vintage advertisements, a cringeworthy 1980s rap video and, more recently, social media personalities. The details have changed over time, but the message is the same: Using a gas stove makes you a better cook. But the beloved gas stove has become a focal point in a fight over whether gas should even exist in the 35% of U.S. homes that cook with it. Environmental groups are focused on potential health effects. Burning gas emits pollutants that can cause or worsen respiratory illnesses. Residential appliances like gas-powered furnaces and water heaters vent pollution outside, but the stove "is the one gas appliance in your home that is most likely unvented," says Brady Seals with RMI, formerly Rocky Mountain Institute. The focus on possible health risks from stoves is part of the broader campaign by environmentalists to kick gas out of buildings to fight climate change. Commercial and residential buildings account for about 13% of heat-trapping emissions, mainly from the use of gas appliances. Kephart [one environmental epidemiologist] has two young children, and research, including this 1992 study, shows that kids who live in a home with a gas stove have about a 20% increased risk of developing respiratory illness.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1015460605/gas-stove-emissions-climate-change-health-effects