Flutterby™! : Pollution

I've been thinking about what's necessary to de-gas my household appliances, for climate change reasons, but of course there's all sorts of evidence now that burning gas inside homes is very bad, for more reasons than just CO dangers.

Of course that's become a culture wars issue: WaPo: How the humble gas stove became the latest flash point in the culture wars

Regulators have no plans to ban gas stoves, but Republicans are slamming the Consumer Product Safety Commission for announcing it will examine the health impacts of the appliances

Of course that's just the start of looking at aspects of my lifestyle that are negatively impacting my neighbors. Part of the reason we were glad to get out of that canyon in Lagunitas was wood smoke in the winter, and we still have occasions where it gets pretty intense. The most truck nuts device I own is a Traeger pellet grill, and I'm starting to wonder if I can justify using that, given impacts on my neighbors. More grist for that mill: Air pollution is much worse than we thought.