It was only November when 13 cities and one county in California enacted new zoning codes encouraging or requiring new construction to be all-electric, meaning there would be no more running natural gas lines to new dwellings. Why? Because of climate change. Natural gas is a fossil fuel after all, but electric stoves are powered by electricity — which is generated by burning coal.
We’re not certain how serious Matt Bruenig is being here, but he’s got a Patreon account going and seems to insist that gas stoves have got to go.
after the covid, we should hire
millions of people to go door to door, tearing out people's gas powered stoves and replacing them with electric, whether they want to or not— Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) May 9, 2020
Seriously?
honestly, matthew, what proportion of our pollution comes from gas stovetop use vs the coal industry or mixing concrete
— Jonathan Hines (@likethecakemix) May 9, 2020
it's all got to go
— Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) May 9, 2020
How about no.
— Denise (@neeceetx) May 9, 2020
This tweet is about to divide the left.
— Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) May 9, 2020
It's just dividing cooks from people who think a microwave meal is feeding yourself.
— james_roe (@james_roe) May 9, 2020
This is up there with Ralph Nader wanting to ban carpet.
— Wes Barton (@wesbarton) May 9, 2020
he was right about that
— Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) May 9, 2020
Fascists are hilarious.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) May 9, 2020
The chef says: pic.twitter.com/gaCvSw9ane
— Silence and Frost (@secjr112) May 9, 2020
this is by far the most cancelable matt bruenig tweet
— dan, infamous homophil(e)ologist (@thauma_idesthai) May 9, 2020
Sounds like a great way for people to get beat up in kitchens they've busted into.
— Dan (@LawoftheGator) May 9, 2020
Eat my whole ass
— Jeffson's Malört (@kranzman) May 9, 2020
That's gonna be a no from me, dog
— 'Steve' Cum Laude (@totallyballs) May 9, 2020
This is the first thing I’ve ever read online that made me genuinely angry
— Bohemian Layabout (@captpraxis) May 9, 2020
I hope you lead the charge
— ?O’Dhonnabhain? (@ODhonnabhain) May 9, 2020
Where does electricity come from, I wonder?
— Phil Kelly (@philkellyeer) May 9, 2020
What powers electrical plants? ?
— Stacey – Gen X, Reagan Kid, Commies Suck (@ScotsFyre) May 10, 2020
A combined cycle GAS turbine power generating station. Will we be confiscating those as well? pic.twitter.com/ipUTxs0PDU
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) May 10, 2020
I will not live in the pod, i will not eat the bugs, i will not give up the superior stove
— Sloth?Capital (@SlothCapital) May 9, 2020
That would be hilarious. Try me first, though.
— monkeyboy10000 (@monkeyboy100001) May 9, 2020
This is how you get shot for trespassing
— Sgt. K. Onyx (@SgtKOnyx) May 9, 2020
Come and take it, Matt.
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) May 9, 2020
That lock on my door is for your protection, not mine.
— Mark C, austere BBQ scholar ?? (@UntraceableMC) May 9, 2020
You don't always have to tweet
— Tom Joad the Wet Sprocket (@Adequate_Scott) May 9, 2020
This must be a parody account.
— mzpinca (@mikhail1973) May 9, 2020
We think it’s a serious account that’s trying to be clever and not quite making it.
Oh, wait, you're serious???
— Socially & Emotionally Distanced Beard (@llcthecableguy) May 9, 2020
And this electric stove is plugged into a personal windmill or directly into the sun?
— Logan (@LoganSpur462) May 9, 2020
Ah, right. The magical carbon-neutral wall socket. Good call. https://t.co/0hIA0PeJwG
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 10, 2020
So lemme get this straight. The government is going to pay people to replace my old busted stove with a newer, cleaner, and more efficient model at no cost to me?
— Roselia De Lescrime (@roselialescrime) May 9, 2020
That’s the idea.
Also, California: we won’t let you have a gas stove cuz climate change, but we will make you drive two hours each way to work cuz can’t have any dense housing
— Graham Welling (@grahamwelling16) May 9, 2020
awful goddamn take man
— ☭learning histomat by playing dwarf fortress☭ (@EtcMars) May 9, 2020
After the covid, we should continue to ruthlessly mock Karen’s.
— Wuhan O’Houlihan (@Earnest_T_Bass) May 9, 2020
Gas stoves are a basic human right.
— Casey Hartman (@Ghentite) May 9, 2020
A revolution without gas stoves is a revolution not worth having
— Yeet Seeger (@YeetSeeger) May 9, 2020
— Remy LXVII ??? (@guywhits) May 9, 2020
2nd Amendment might have something to say about that, comrade. https://t.co/82YcIc0Sgs
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 9, 2020
Related:
The gas stove could be next to go in the fight against climate change https://t.co/NU20ioFz7s
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 14, 2019
