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'For decades, "natural gas" has sold itself to families as the fastest,
most-efficient way to cook. But now there's a battle for your kitchen stove,
and a push to get you to embrace electric for your health and for the planet.
A coalition of chefs, doctors, climate scientists and real estate developers
have joined forces to push back against the gas industry's marketing, with the
aim of removing gas from kitchens worldwide.
Campaigners say in addition to heating the climate, gas stoves contribute to
asthma and other health conditions.
And that coalition thinks that if they can rid kitchens of gas, they'll rid
homes of the fossil fuel altogether.
The Global Cooksafe Coalition is being launched in Sydney today and announcing
partnerships with developers Lendlease and GPT, who have agreed to stop putting
any gas in new buildings by 2030 and to retrofit existing buildings by 2040.
"Our view is that the future is all electric, whether it's electric vehicles,
whether it's cooking, whether it's space heating," said Davina Rooney, chief
executive of the Green Building Council, and one of the founders of the Global
Cooksafe Coalition.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
