After seeking to reduce the use of gas stoves, the Biden administration is pushing a proposal to ban the sale of almost all portable gas generators—which some experts have said would be disastrous for the millions of Americans who rely on such generators during power outages.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has proposed a policy (pdf) that would remove nearly all existing portable gas generators from the market. The new rule restricts the amount of carbon monoxide that generators can emit by forcing these generators to switch off when they reach a certain level of emissions.
Smaller gas generators would have to cut carbon monoxide emissions by 50 percent, and larger generators would have to cut emissions by up to 95 percent. Nearly all models currently available are expected to not be in compliance with the new standard.
Once the proposed rules come into effect, manufacturers would have to comply with them in just six months, a process that usually takes several years. The rules would also ban manufacturers from stockpiling noncompliant generators before the new standards are enacted...
I'll leave this right here.
Also, like I keep saying, A.I. is gonna be the end of us. But that's just my Conspiracy Theory 🐂💩 self.
Over 75% of parents share their kids data on social media.
8 of 10 parents have followers they've never met.
It is estimated that 2,300 children are missing every day in the United States.
35% of children were between 6-11 years old.
In the US, nearly 400,000 youth were abducted in 2020.
Based on the latest child abduction statistics for 2020, there were 178,747 teen male kidnapping cases, while the number of girls was much higher, at 209,375 cases.
Of the 26,500 missing children in 2020, 1 in 6 were likely involved in sex trafficking.
Statistics show that 71% of non-family abductions happen outdoors. Notably, the most likely time of day for abductions is the afternoon or early in the morning, when children are walking to and from school.
Most kidnappers unknown to the victim are male, and two-thirds of victims in this category are young girls.