[trefoiled]

What do you mean by "a better approach" here? The key is that the poster you responded to survived by virtue of owning a gas stove, so it seems to me like step 1 is simply not banning them, which costs nothing and requires no work. If I were in their situation, I would demand that the grid be made so reliable that this situation be impossible even in a hundred year storm, before a ban even be considered.

[miguelazo]

No one is banning gas stoves entirely. It's banning gas in new construction. If you're trying to survive a 100 year storm, you're better off with a Coleman camp stove running off of a propane cylinder.

[trefoiled]

I understand why a Coleman camp stove might be a viable substitute, but why would you be better off with a system which performs worse in every way? This perspective also sweeps aside the living conditions of rural Americans, many of whom own a large gas tank which is refilled a few times a year via truck. They go this route because many regional electrical grids are simply not reliable enough even in the absence of a major storm, and a gas connection is not possible.

[jcadam]

> Coleman camp stove running off of a propane cylinder.

And people will be running those inside w/o proper ventilation whereas they could have been using a much safer gas range.

[miguelazo]

We're talking about emergency situations. A few days of that is still nothing compared to several years with a gas stove, even with "proper ventilation," which is pretty rare in my experience.