{"id":1199752,"date":"2022-01-08T13:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T18:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199752"},"modified":"2022-01-08T13:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T18:04:28","slug":"new-york-governor-proposes-first-in-the-nation-ban-on-gas-hookups-for-new-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-governor-proposes-first-in-the-nation-ban-on-gas-hookups-for-new-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Governor Proposes First-In-The-Nation Ban On Gas Hookups For New Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-governor-proposes-first-in-the-nation-ban-on-gas-hookups-for-new-buildings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) has proposed a statewide ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings, one of the more extreme parts of her plans to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Yahoo News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/ny-governor-proposes-first-ever-statewide-ban-on-gas-hookups-in-new-buildings-210023080.html\">reported<\/a> that Hochul made the proposal in her State of the State speech, saying that \u201cNew construction in the state will be zero-emission by 2027, and we will build climate-friendly electric homes and promote electric cars, trucks and buses,\u201d without acknowledging where electricity comes from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyserda.ny.gov\/About\/Newsroom\/2022-Announcements\/2022-01-05-Governor-Hochul-Announces-Plan-to-Achieve-2-Million-Climate-Friendly-Homes-By-2030\">policy&nbsp;<\/a>outline released Wednesday ahead of her State of the State address, Hochul\u2019s office laid out her plan to curb on-site greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, the plan means that new buildings could have neither&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/gas-stoves-and-water-heaters-face-a-climate-change-reckoning-183007213.html\">oil or gas burners for heat or hot water, nor gas stoves<\/a>. The plan would also require energy analyses of every new building\u2019s energy usage, known as \u2018benchmarking.\u2019 Hochul\u2019s climate change agenda also sets a goal of 2 million electrified homes by 2030,\u201d Yahoo reported.<\/p>\n<p>New York City already passed a similar proposal last month and passed an energy benchmarking law in 2016, though it is unclear what progress the city has made since then.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Furnas, former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s director of climate and sustainability, told Yahoo that he hopes federal incentives will help make it affordable for people to switch to electric \u2013 meaning, as with most green energy proposals, more tax dollars are needed to make them competitive and affordable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think as heat pump technology for heating and hot water improves, as induction stoves become the most modern and exciting type of stove on the market, and, I think, as you see federal incentives to encourage these shifts \u2014 [and] potentially other regulatory steps that municipalities could take \u2014 I think you\u2019re going to see, as people are replacing fossil fuel appliances in their home, they\u2019re going to be shifting more and more to modern electric versions of these things,\u201d Furnas told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Yahoo also cited a report from the Rocky Mountain Institute \u2013 a green energy think tank that opposes nuclear energy even though it is the best option to reduce emissions \u2013 which claimed that banning new gas hookups in New York City will reduce emissions equivalent to taking 450,000 cars off the street by the year 2040. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rstreet.org\/2020\/09\/30\/banning-gas-cars-wont-fuel-a-cleaner-and-cooler-future\/\">research<\/a> from R Street, a more conservative think tank, found that such a ban, particularly on vehicles, won\u2019t do much to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica currently accounts for only 15 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, and that percentage will fall as nations such as India and China become wealthier,\u201d R Street noted. \u201cReplacing gasoline cars with electric vehicles depends on the willingness of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/evadoption.com\/ev-market-share\/ev-market-share-state\/\">consumers<\/a>&nbsp;to prefer EVs to traditionally powered cars. If this doesn\u2019t happen, consumers will respond to the ban by keeping their existing cars for longer, buying out of state, or pressuring future elected officials to loosen the ban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has enacted a ban on gas-powered vehicles that won\u2019t take effect for 15 years. Hochul\u2019s plan won\u2019t take effect for five. If the threat is so severe, why wait? As R Street noted, \u201ca ban that doesn\u2019t take effect for 15 years provides the appearance of action but forces future leaders to deal with the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And electric heat pumps are more expensive. Furnas, the former de Blasio climate director, argued, of course, that it wasn\u2019t <em>that<\/em> much more expensive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a new construction, our analysis showed that it was about comparable,\u201d Furnas told Yahoo. \u201cFor a retrofit, a lot of it is very site-dependent, and part of the impetus for setting a date certain for new buildings is it\u2019s really going to help jump-start a much more robust market and competitive heat pump market. And I think you\u2019ll see, as that technology improves and as developers and contractors get used to installing them in new buildings, you\u2019ll have much more competitive products on the market and installers who are used to doing that kind of work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) has proposed a statewide ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings, one of the more extreme parts of her plans to combat climate change. 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