First Your Paycheck, Now Your Gas Stove?

It’s no secret Minnesota Democrats have set their sights on your paychecks. Just a month and a half into the 2023 legislative session, the DFL has proposed more than $2B in new tax hikes – and that’s after squandering a near $18B surplus derived from overtaxing Minnesota families. 

Now, they’ve directed their attention to a new facet of your lives… your stove. That’s right. Minnesota Democrats now want the power to say what kind of stove you can, or more importantly, cannot use. 

Introducing new legislation, The Center for the American Experiment notes that Democrats are now looking to make Joe Biden’s dream of banning gas stoves a reality in the name of climate change.

According to The Center for the American Experiment, “the operative phrase here is ‘mitigate the impact of climate change by…reducing greenhouse gas emissions of new buildings and existing buildings undergoing additions, alterations, and changes of use.’ This language effectively opens the door for bureaucrats in St. Paul to ban natural gas in new and existing homes through building code changes.” So what does this actually mean for Minnesotans who enjoy their natural gas appliances? 

Democrats could follow in the footsteps of California, who have introduced measures to ban the use of gas stoves and water heaters by 2030 or Los Angeles’ law to ban the use of gas stoves in residential and commercial buildings starting in 2023. 

It also means Democrats are one step closer to banning other appliances that use natural gas. Think about your furnace or gas fireplace. What’s to stop them from taking those options away from you next? 

Furthermore, Minnesotans would face exponentially higher electricity costs and increase usage of the power grid. This brings us back to an important concern: can the grid handle such an increase in power usage if it’s running solely on green energy like solar and wind? 

Well, if the rolling blackouts Californians have experienced prior to these new natural gas bans going into effect are any indication, the answer is no.