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A place to discuss the ideas, developments, and technology that can and will shape the future of civilization.

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(1) Concepts are often better treated in isolation -- eg: "what if energy became near zero cost?"
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Cooking on gas stoves emits benzene | Stanford News (news.stanford.edu)

submitted 2 years ago by troyunrau to c/futurism

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Is this one of those things we will look back at from the future and say: "I can't believe that we did that?" like leaded fuel?

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[–] Bo7a 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks. Sorry to hear about your grandparents. That is terrible.

Ours is a proper stove installed by a gasfitter, not a little countertop camp stove. And we do have multiple CO meters around the house. The camping water heater is a bigger problem. But I am replacing that this weekend.

[–] troyunrau 2 points 2 years ago

It was more than two decades ago now. I try to see some black humour in it now. How many people do you know who've died in a "tragic pickling accident"?

Glad that you're taking precautions. Learning from other people's mistakes is a lot safer than learning from your own.