After spending months mocking conservatives and calling them conspiracy theorists for accurately warning that big government statists were coming for your gas stoves, CNN's "chief climate correspondent" and climate change alarmist Bill Weir took to the airwaves during Thursday's CNN News Central to praise New York state's ban on gas stoves. As usual, today's conservative conspiracy theory is tomorrow's reality.
Co-host Jessica Dean kicked it off by praising the law, claiming “this is big for climate advocates,” but “millions of people rely on gas to warm their home or to cook with” she added.
Weir agreed and proclaimed it to be a “very emotional thing.” “People love the idea of a furnace burning in the basement to keep them warm or they like the way their food cooks. It's a cultural thing,” he added.
After trying to at least show some sympathy for Americans who want to cook on gas stoves or heat their homes, he defended the authoritarian law, because according to Weir “there is no doubt, the science is showing us, that those choices are heating up the planet at sort of a scary rate.”
He then praised Berkeley, California for banning gas stoves until “the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down their ban on gas hookups to new buildings there.” But he pointed out that Democrat officials found other ways around the roadblocks the courts put up.
“There's other routes to it. Different building codes, energy codes that could make this easier for others who want to do this.”
Weir then huffed that the “natural gas industry, the lobby, some restaurant lobbyists are fighting back against this” and “Republicans in New York [are] saying why shouldn't a New Yorker have a choice on how they heat their home.” This is a “simmering energy war,” Weir proclaimed.
So just like the culture wars, leftists begin abusing average everyday Americans who just want to live their lives, and if they fight back, Weir accuses them of waging an “energy war.”
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CNN News Central
5/4/2023
2:32:50 p.m. EasternJESSICA DEAN: And Bill, this is big for climate advocates. But millions of people rely on gas to warm their home or to cook with.
BILL WEIR: Absolutely. It's a very emotional thing, cooking over fires. It's primal. People love the idea of a furnace burning in the basement to keep them warm or they like the way their food cooks. It's a cultural thing. But there is no doubt, the science is showing us, that those choices are heating up the planet at sort of a scary rate. All put together, buildings account for about 20 percent of carbon -- planet cooking carbon pollution, as well. So this is part of a wave of electrification across the country. New York the first state, but there's about 90 municipalities and counties, the first was Berkeley, California, a couple years ago. But interestingly enough, a couple weeks ago, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down their ban on gas hookups to new buildings there. But there's other routes to it. Different building codes, energy codes that could make this easier for others who want to do this.
But of course, natural gas industry, the lobby, some restaurant lobbyists are fighting back against this. Republicans in New York saying why shouldn't a New Yorker have a choice on how they heat their home, as well. So this is part of a -- sort of a simmering energy war, even Governor Perry down in Texas–Governor Abbott, rather, Perry was the former one, Governor Abbott has tried to ban gas bans in his state and has threatened to sue other states that try to do this sort of thing. So this is a beginning of a big fight.
DEAN: Yeah and do you expect or will there be any exceptions in these cases?
WEIR: There are, of course, exceptions for any existing gas appliances now. They want to push people towards heat pumps or induction stoves over time. That's sometimes a bigger investment upfront. But the ones that are there can stay as long as they last, I suppose. Some car washes, some industries are exempt that have a bigger means, as well. But this is one step closer to a world without fossil fuel pollution and it’s a big one given the size of New York.
DEAN: Yeah, no doubt about that a very big one. Alright, Bill Weir for us. Thanks so much for giving us some context there.
