Thousands of people are killed every year because of gas and propane explosions! If you ever live through one like I did, you probably will be done with both forever…
I live next to a national forest in Southern California in a fire hazard area. My whole subdivision is infested with natural gas pipes. About 10 years ago there was an underground gas leak in my neighborhood and it ended up killing about 14 trees! We were the lucky ones because some neighborhoods explode and kill people!
I believe natural gas and propane should be confined to large power plants only.
https://www.livescience.com/3780-odds-dying.html
106 people died in US in 2014 of ALL explosions.
Trees don’t count.
And this, folks, is why we can never get along.
Anecdotal evidence, somebody died somewhere, means everyone should give up an energy source that provides the means to a better quality of life for the vast majority of the people who use it. What works as an energy source in southern California with abundant wind and sunshine, should not be forced on the entire country.
Beliefs don't matter, facts matter.
Thousands? Doubt it.On the other hand electric stoves are wayyyy more dangerous than gas ones.
“ Although 60 percent
of households cook with electricity,15 four out of five (80 percent)
ranges or cooktops involved in reported cooking fires were powered by
electricity. Population-based risks are shown below,
• The rate of reported fires per million households was 2.6 times
higher with electric ranges.
• The civilian fire death rate per million households was 3.4 times
higher with electric ranges.
• The civilian fire injury rate per million households was 4.8 times
higher with electric ranges than in households using gas ranges.
• The average fire dollar loss per household was 3.8 times higher in
households with electric ranges.”
Page 8.
I will bet you an ice cream bar that more people are killed in the USA each year in auto accidents than in gas/propane explosions.
Are you advocating we end all autos/trucks???