San Fran Bans Natural Gas Furnaces, Water Heaters to cut pollution. Ban starts in 2027 and will be implemented over eight years.

PJ Media ^ | 03/17/2023 | Catherine Salgado

[SeekAndFind]

San Francisco Bay Area regulators voted March 15 to eliminate the sale and installation of natural gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, supposedly to cut pollution. The ban starts in 2027 and will be implemented over eight years.

It seems strangely fitting that this should’ve happened on the Ides of March; San Fran authorities seem to love to stab their citizens in the back with idiotic woke policies. Natural gas is a relatively clean power source and it is also reliable, unlike “green” energy. But why let reality interfere with ideology?

Breitbart reported that the ban does not affect gas stoves, which are currently under fire from the Biden administration. Not only will the sale and installation of natural gas water heaters and furnaces be phased out, but already-installed furnaces and heaters will not be allowed to be replaced when they stop working. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is supposedly targeting air pollution from nitrogen oxides.

Breitbart added, “Democrats oppose natural gas, even though its adoption has allowed the U.S. to produce fewer carbon dioxide emissions while growing its economy, because it is still a fossil fuel and is often extracted through fracking.”

Ironically, however, “green” energy sources are often worse for the environment than natural gas. Windmills came under fire last year for the number of birds they’ve killed. Windmills or wind turbines were estimated to kill hundreds of thousands of birds yearly just in the US, based on 2013 and 2014 studies, and in recent months offshore wind development seems to be killing whales. Solar panels also kill thousands of birds—these “climate-friendly” energy sources are certainly not friendly to wildlife. Solar panel production is also tied to toxic pollution;

[Bonemaker]

“San Fran authorities seem to love to stab their citizens in the back..”

Citizens deserve it and must love it..they vote for it.

[dangus]

Local use of natural gas is greener than the converting gas energy to electricity, transmit it down lossy electrical lines, and reconverting to heat.

ICE cars, lights, etc., are very inefficient because they lose much energy as heat. That’s a good thing when you’re producing,... oh.... heat? Until the day when the grid is 80% greener than it is, this is simply bad for the environment.

What they’re really banning is living relatively “off the grid.”

[ridesthemiles]

KISS every restaurant goodbye

[ridesthemiles]

KISS every restaurant goodbye

ASK GORDON RAMSEY if he would like to cook on electric appliances

[Glad2bnuts]

I had a new gas furnace installed, bought it and trolled those in the heating business for a hungry employee. I ended up saving $3,000 on the install, and money on the purchase price of the furnace. I helped haul the old one out and the new one in. It was an under the house install. It took less than 4 hours. His employer, had they did this would have made $5K for one days labor for a journeyman and an apprentice. Then add on the permit to turn off the gas and use the gas sniffer after it is on. HINT, you use a Crescent wrench and rotate the on/off switch like at the water meter.

[moovova]

I do (and have done) massive amounts of work around our house. I really just don’t trust companies to do a good job. But, I don’t think I’d tackle a furnace. I’m not afraid of the gas connections, but I’m gonna need someone with the expertise to get the job done right. Sounds like that’s exactly what you did...and saved a good bit of money.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

They are going to get people off gas onto electricity, then they will “legislate” the amount of electricity people can use (air conditioning, etc). Talk about CONTROL!

[cyclotic]

I wouldn’t do a furnace but water heaters are very easy to install.

[simpson96]

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