Those commercial and residential emissions - those are largely about the fuels burned in buildings. 14% of the total is enough to matter — and when we're running out of time to get emissions to zero, we need to cut it all to zero, not pick and choose.

Two options right now:

1. Run new electrical lines to them capable of providing for their actual needs
2. Propane

Definitely could do it that way. But everybody is better off if we do it in a planned way instead of leaving people to deal with that kind of a mess.

No, it's relevant for the cost of distributing the gas. It's not cost-effective to run a gas distribution system just to commercial kitchens without the much larger distribution going to heating.

Three reasons:

1. Without the use for space heating, very little gas will be distributed, making the distribution system totally uneconomic for small users.
2. The distribution system leaks methane. It's ~3% of what goes through it when there is high usage, but the amount of leakage probably doesn't go down unless you start decommissioning it.
3. You want to protect the workers who have to breathe the fumes

Heat is actually the big one here; it's a big chunk of emissions.

Getting rid of gas heat makes the gas stoves uneconomic.

It means running new higher-amperage electrical connections to them.

I'm willing to put up with slightly higher prices if it means people live longer as a result.

It's a problem the whole news industry has. Craigslist took all the classified ads. Facebook took almost all the business ads. So what's left is subscriptions — and if you don't charge, the paper goes bust.

Something like 80% of local newspapers in the US have gone under already.

That's why I posted a gift link, so most people won't hit the paywall. The big exceptions:

• You've disabled javascript
• You're running a browser extension which strips off the gift token
• Your phone or browser is in a weird state and needs to be restarted

How pulse-oriented the heat from your induction stove is varies a lot by stove. The cheaper ones tend to use nothing but pulses for output control; the better ones tend to have the ability to actually lower continuous output. There's a whole range of combinations out there too, where, say, the first 50% of output cut happens continuously, but it shifts to pulses below that.

I'll also note that the induction stoves with a thermostat which lets you fry without ever smoking the oil are amazing.

Other places are doing things. Most of Europe has had declining emissions for a while.

China's emissions look like they're starting to fall too

But none if it will go anywhere meaningful if the US doesn't get off fossil fuels.

Which is one of many reasons it's important to not elect him.