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WEIR: “This is 100 years of advertising. You're cooking with gas now. It was a deliberate campaign from American Gas Association when they're up against wood and coal --"
HILL: "Mm-hmm."
WEIR: "-- back in the 30s. Even today, a couple of years ago, it was found out that they're sort of paying influencers to cook on their gas stoves, because electric, frankly, is so superior just in terms of it's much more efficient, it's safer, the new induction stoves are safer, and all of that. And this has created sort of gas wars in different parts of the country. They banned it in new construction in New York City, at Western California, Washington State. But a lot of states have preemptively banned gas bans. And you can imagine they're usually red states and Texas leading the way, they want to stop this, because it's an existential threat to that business."
HILL: "Mm-hmm.
WEIR: "But yeah, it's -- you know, the science is showing us that having a gas stove in a small apartment, especially with bad ventilation, it's like having a car idling there."
HILL: "Wow!"
WEIR: "And if you have young kids, it can affect cognitive abilities, and as well as asthma."