> Shortly after a Biden administration official boasted about how the federal government might ban gas stoves for being “unsafe,” the White House reassured the public that no such ban was in the works. > We warned readers at the time not to believe such reassurances because “once this sort of train starts moving there is often no stopping it.” > That was in early January. It took less than a month for the Biden administration to prove us right. > Earlier this month, the Department of Energy released a proposed rule that, if implemented, would essentially regulate gas stoves out of existence. > The new proposed rule comes despite the fact that the same federal department had decided in the past that – aside from an existing ban on always-lit pilot lights – efficiency mandates on gas stoves didn’t make much sense, since all they do is burn natural gas. > But Biden’s regulators decided to ditch common sense, insisting that appliance makers could squeeze out more heat through new designs.