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No one ever figures in the cost of medical care from breathing low-grade gas fumes for years. Or the occasional spontaneous house explosion.


Just barely or just barely not making ends meet doesn't have great long term health outcomes either.

When you add up all the things we're "supposed" to be doing for one reason or another it's a pretty large cumulative burden.


This would be a relatively major thing, since you generally have no choice but to breathe the air in your dwelling. As a policy matter (i.e., one in which the government can offset out-of-pocket costs for greater savings on the back end), subsidizing electrification so that Americans can have a better quality-of-life with less incidence of cancer, respiratory illness, and catastrophic detonation of inhabited residences seems like a no brainer.

And for people who must have their gas appliances, there are always portable units/generators. They can use those.


> breathing low-grade gas fumes for years

I have been doing most of my cooking on a gas hob for 5 years now. Could you share more detail on this point?

I feel the need to be scared today (it is Halloween after all).





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