Biden Administration Looks to Ban Gas Stoves

Gas stoves are under attack. It’s no longer limited to multi-family developments in certain states that can’t use gas stoves, but now the Biden Administration is looking to outlaw their use across the country. I’m not sure exactly how this will be implemented. Perhaps they will come up with a plan whereby a homeowner would register his/her gas stove with the government and the government would then have a crew come out and install a new electric stove. It’s not clear how many gas stoves are in operation but it could easily be 15-20 million. If the average new electric stove costs $1,000 then the U.S. government might get this done for a mere $20 billion or so. That does not include the cost to take away and destroy 20,000,000 stoves. It also doesn’t take into account if electrical upgrades need to be made to accomodate the new electric stoves in U.S. homes. I’m not sure what that might cost so maybe that’s another $5 billion? Perhaps the U.S. could do this for $25 billion? Just a drop in the bucket. Maybe they can get the manufacturers onboard if they convince them that there will be $15-$20 billion in sales staring them in the face. But that said, the supply chain and manufacturing capacity would never allow this. So, if they do this, it most likely will be a slow conversion that would take place over the next 20 years or so.