The Government Isn’t Coming for Your Gas Stoves
CYBER
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4 • 645 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Recent remarks from Richard Trumka Jr., one of the three commissioners with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), sparked outrage in some circles. As it turns out, gas stoves aren’t great for you, and the CPSC has considered regulating them. Pretty soon politicians were sharing images of gas ranges above the words “Come and Take It.”
Why does it feel lately like the only war America is any good at fighting is the culture war? What is the actual science behind gas stoves? And why, while we’re asking national questions, does C-SPAN look so good lately?
On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard Senior Writer Aaron Gordon stops by to explain it all.
Stories discussed in this episode:
Here Come the Gas Stove Culture Wars
Why C-SPAN’s Camera Work Is Suddenly So Interesting
C-SPAN Is Once Again Asking the House to Relax Filming Rules So It Can Document Its Dysfunction
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| 0:00.0 | Tannen. It's got the code it's going to launch. |
| 0:10.3 | It's a unit system. I know this. |
| 0:14.6 | It's all the files of the whole park. It tells her everything. |
| 0:18.8 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
| 0:21.3 | Eagle One. The package is being delivered. |
| 0:24.8 | Hello out there on the internet. |
| 0:26.9 | I am Matthew Galt, and this is Cyber. |
| 0:30.1 | The government. |
| 0:31.2 | It's coming for your gas stoves. |
| 0:33.3 | Recent remarks from Richard Trumka, Jr., |
| 0:36.9 | one of the three commissioners with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission sparked outrage in some circles. |
| 0:42.7 | Pretty soon, politicians were sharing images of gas ranges above the words, come and take it. |
| 0:47.5 | That's the sentiment I'm sure John Henry Moore would deeply appreciate. |
| 0:51.0 | Why does it feel lately? |
| 0:53.4 | Like the only war America is any good at fighting is the |
| 0:56.2 | culture war. What is the actual science behind gas stoves? And hey, his C-SPAN looks so good lately. |
| 1:04.5 | With us today to work all of this out, it's Motherboard Senior writer Aaron Gordon. That's right. |
| 1:09.0 | Today is another episode of Matthew and Aaron Do America. |
| 1:11.9 | I am once again apologizing to our international listeners. |
| 1:15.5 | Aaron, thank you so much for coming on to the show. |
| 1:18.7 | One day I want to come on and talk about somewhere else in the world. |
| 1:22.9 | I'm sure it's all very interesting. |
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