On the gas stoves issue

[The Revolution]

33. I don't think they are saying asthma rates are increasing

Just that gas stoves may increase the risk of asthma in children. This is possibly just being discovered now if no one had looked at it before.

In the study from Michanowicz et al., the authors state:

Overall, we conducted a first-of-its-kind trace-gas characterization of unburned NG collected directly from indoor residential kitchen stovetops and outdoor building NG service lines throughout Greater Boston, Massachusetts.

Gruenwald et al. state:

With this background, we attempted to quantify the population-attributable fraction (PAF) for gas stove use and current childhood asthma in the US, including at the state level, which had never been done

Note that the latest talk of banning gas stoves came from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, so it is related to consumer safety, not climate change in this case. The studies quoted above come from peer-reviewed scientific journals, so I wouldn't dismiss it as "nonsense" out of hand.

There may be other solutions other than banning. For example, updating building codes to ensure better ventilation in homes where gas stoves will be used. Range hoods could be updated to ensure the performance is good enough to pull out harmful substances. Maybe the stove and hood could be linked so that the hood fan automatically turns on when the stove is in use.