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Bay Area to phase out new installs and replacements of gas heaters and furnaces (paloaltoonline.com)
1 point by YeBanKo on March 16, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Couple of points, that stood out: 1. In door gas stoves aren’t banned. Which would arguably have more impact on human health.

2. This happened right when many Bay Area and Californian residents are in blackout, some are for days.

3. It’s not conditional on readiness of the grid to support the load increase.

4. Cost slides shows underestimated numbers.




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