The Energy Department is poised to finalize modest efficiency standards for stoves and ovens, potentially saving consumers money on energy bills - eviltoast

The topic of gas stoves ignited a heated debate last year when a Biden appointee suggested they could be banned because they posed a risk to human health.

But a ban isn’t in the works — and this week the administration will finalize a scaled-back plan to make new stoves less energy-intensive.

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
    42·
    10 months ago

    The lifetime numbers you give are complete fiction from what I can tell; only way you end up with that is if the home appliance is getting used all day, every day, as if it were installed in a restaurant.

      • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
        12·
        10 months ago

        Cooking every day doesn’t mean “running all burners on the stove 10 hours per day”

        There’s a difference between using a stove all day, every day, and cooking meals for one family on it.

        • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          10 months ago

          Doesn’t that beg the question…why aren’t l we forcing this upon restaurants and fast food where it will make the greatest impact?

          • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
            11·
            10 months ago

            You’re conflating two things:

            1. Most stoves are installed at home, and designed for ordinary at-home use
            2. A standard for the efficiency of new stoves manufactured 2028 and later

            That’s just sealioning.