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In December 2021, outgoing New York City mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill banning natural gas hookups in newly constructed buildings. The law passed with support from environmentalist groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council, which said the ban would "eliminate emissions" by requiring electric heat.

There was just one problem: Almost all of New York City's electricity comes from natural gas. That means electrifying buildings will increase emissions rather than reduce them, energy experts told the Washington Free Beacon.

"Emissions will go up," said Mark Mills, a physicist and energy expert at the Manhattan Institute. "It's unavoidable."

> In December 2021, outgoing New York City mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill banning natural gas hookups in newly constructed buildings. The law passed with support from environmentalist groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council, which said the ban would "eliminate emissions" by requiring electric heat. > There was just one problem: Almost all of New York City's electricity comes from natural gas. That means electrifying buildings will increase emissions rather than reduce them, energy experts told the Washington Free Beacon. > "Emissions will go up," said Mark Mills, a physicist and energy expert at the Manhattan Institute. "It's unavoidable."

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God these people are stupid. Apparently electricity comes out of thin air which why they foolishly think that these appliances are 100% efficient. They need to take a few high school physics classes to understand how energy works. These appliances have energy guide stickers that say 100% efficient but people never look at the actual operating costs and that’s only an estimate not accounting for local utility rates. Usually these estimates are substantially lower than actual costs because they are interested in making a sale.

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electric heating is so inefficient its insane buckle up for 4th world status all