--- title: The $125 Climate Hack That Electrified My Gas Stove description: As a renter, I thought I was stuck with the gas stove that came with my apartment. But then I found an easy solution. canonical: https://time.com/6291690/how-i-affordably-electrified-my-gas-stove/ author: Aryn Baker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-06-30T17:43:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:38:26.011Z article:section: Climate og:title: The $125 Climate-Friendly Hack That Electrified My Gas Stove og:description: As a renter, I thought I was stuck with the gas stove that came with my apartment. 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But then I found an easy solution. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf08a1201531e1166/698a3e51cabb1d3f65e51879/gas-stove-hack-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 02:32 video:published: 2023-06-29 section: climate topics: carbon dioxide emissions, fossil fuels, NASA visualization, atmospheric circulation, Northern Hemisphere emissions, carbon sinks, plant respiration, climate change genre: explainer, data visualization tones: informative, alarming, measured, striking emotions: concern (medium), curiosity (medium), awe (low) sentiment: negative audience: general public, climate-interested viewers, science enthusiasts, students organizations: NASA, TIME content_suitability: disasters [00:00-00:12]; health controversy [02:15-02:32] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable --- # The $125 Climate-Friendly Hack That Electrified My Gas Stove > Sponsored content. 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Until now._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary NASA has released a visualization showing human-produced carbon dioxide circulating through the atmosphere over the full year 2021, built from weather satellite observations and ground monitoring of greenhouse gas emitters. The video shows how the Northern Hemisphere dominates emissions and how the gas spreads southward over the months. It also covers the role of plant life and of land and oceans as carbon sinks, and warns that emissions will continue until fossil fuel use ends. ## Key points - Fossil-fuel-related carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year is about 37 billion tons. (00:00) - The visualization draws on data from weather satellites and earth-based monitoring of known greenhouse gas emitters, especially industrial areas in the developed world. (00:22) - The Northern Hemisphere plays an outsized role in the global spread of greenhouse gases compared to the less blameworthy Southern Hemisphere. (00:43) - The CO2 does not reach the Southern Hemisphere in truly significant amounts until June. (01:00) - The equator acts as an atmospheric burner, with hot air rising and slowly circulating north to south. (01:06) - Australia, Africa and South America flicker between green and gray, reflecting plant life absorbing CO2 by day and releasing it at night. (01:29) - About half of human emissions are taken up by the land and oceans, which act as carbon sinks. (01:54) - At least another 37 billion tons of emissions are expected this year and next, until humans break the fossil-fuel habit. (02:15) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:18] Introducing the invisible carbon problem. The narration sets up the scale of annual fossil-fuel carbon emissions and notes the gas is normally invisible. - [00:18 to 00:43] NASA's visualization and its data sources. The video is introduced as a NASA release showing 2021 CO2 circulation, based on satellite and ground monitoring data. - [00:43 to 01:06] Northern Hemisphere dominance and equatorial circulation. The narration explains how the Northern Hemisphere drives emissions and how the equator slows the spread of CO2 southward. - [01:06 to 01:52] Southern Hemisphere and plant life cycles. The Southern Hemisphere is eventually covered by emissions, while vegetation shows up as a daily cycle of absorption and release. - [01:52 to 02:32] Carbon sinks and the outlook ahead. The narration notes that land and oceans absorb about half of emissions, then warns that emissions will continue until fossil fuel use stops. ## Key quotes - [00:00] narrator: "It's hard to miss something that weighs 37 billion tons." - [01:06] narrator: "the equator operates as an atmospheric burner with hot air rising from the earth midline" - [01:54] narrator: "not all of the CO2 tonnage humans pour into the sky, stays there" - [02:15] narrator: "The bad news is that there's at least another thirty seven billion tons coming this year and next year" ## Questions this video answers - How much fossil-fuel-related carbon dioxide do humans release each year? [00:00] - What data was used to create the NASA visualization of CO2 circulation? [00:22] - Why does the Northern Hemisphere contribute more to the spread of greenhouse gases? [00:43] - Why does it take until June for carbon dioxide to cover the Southern Hemisphere? [01:00] - How do land and oceans affect the amount of CO2 remaining in the atmosphere? [01:52] - What will happen to the planet if humans do not stop their fossil-fuel habit? [02:15] ## Content suitability - disasters [00:00-00:12]: Mentions heat waves, floods, droughts and wildfires as damage linked to emissions, mainly in the description. - health controversy [02:15-02:32]: Warns of continued harm from emissions, framed as a climate consequence rather than a health claim. Jun 30, 2023 5:43 PM UTC  Javier Zayas—Getty Images by [Aryn Baker](https://time.com/author/aryn-baker/) ## Aryn Baker Jun 30, 2023 5:43 PM UTC Being a climate correspondent comes with a certain degree of moral conflict. I write about the deleterious impact of[ fossil fuel emissions](https://time.com/6174966/north-south-pole-melting-climate-change/), then I fly to Georgia to report on how rising temperatures are impacting[ outdoor laborers](https://time.com/6181785/outdoor-workers-heat-climate-change/). I extoll the virtues of[ heat pumps](https://time.com/6236128/best-eco-friendly-sustainable-gifts-2022/), but my rented apartment is heated by a gas-fed boiler. I can recite meat’s share of global greenhouse gas emissions by rote ([14.5%](https://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/#:~:text=By%20the%20numbers%3A%20GHG%20emissions,of%20all%20anthropogenic%20GHG%20emissions.)), but every once in a while I’m tempted by[ filet mignon](https://time.com/6259363/best-diet-health-climate-impact/) on a restaurant menu. Giving up cheese is a non-starter. --- ### More from TIME --- I do choose the sustainable option when I can: When I moved to Rome for my new job two years ago, I dumped my dryer, bought an electric car, and decided to forgo installing an air conditioner. But a few weeks ago, temperatures hit 98°F, with 60% humidity. Nights were[ too hot for sleep](https://time.com/6280073/how-heatwaves-impact-your-brain/), and during the day it was too hot to type in my work-from-home office. As someone who reads 10, 20, and 30-year temperature projections like other people listen to the weather report, I knew it was just the beginning. A few days later I caved and called an AC technician to install an energy guzzling split AC unit, making me feel a little bit like a hypocrite. So I started looking around to see what else might be cut out of my carbon consumption to mitigate my new AC. I didn’t have to look hard: my gas stove sits about four yards away from the AC unit. [**_Are you working outside in a heat wave? Tell us about it_**](http://time.com/extreme-heat)**_._** For years now I’ve been reading about the methane emissions from gas stoves. In 2019, Berkeley, Calif., was the first U.S. city to change its building code to ban gas hook-ups in new construction. Nearly 100 other cities in the U.S. have followed suit with various building decarbonization ordinances, according to a [tracker](https://buildingdecarb.org/zeb-ordinances) from the non-profit Building Decarbonization Coalition. But none of those mention existing building retrofits. As a renter in the E.U., which has yet to implement similar bans, I thought I was either stuck with the gas stove that came with my apartment, or a prohibitively expensive construction project. Then I started reading about the[ health impacts](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/climate/gas-stoves-benzene-cigarettes.html) of gas stoves.  Before: a gas-gushing conventional stove Aryn Baker  After: A climate and health friendly alternative Aryn Baker My husband already has compromised lungs, so it was enough of a push to rethink my submission to the realities of rental apartments. One article I read hosted a cleverly placed banner ad for cheap, plug-in, countertop induction burners. For about $100 I could get a two-top. Tempting. Was I willing to give up rare countertop real estate to do better for the climate? My partner came up with a better idea: for $25 he bought a piece of wood cut to fit the top of our gas stove from our local hardware store and installed the burners on top. Voila: an induction stove, on the cheap. There isn’t much we can do about our oven, and you can’t exactly bake cookies in a slow cooker, but it’s a step in the right direction. My next rental apartment I’ll do better. Meanwhile I’m doing what I can. ## Transcript [00:00] It's hard to miss something that weighs 37 billion tons. [00:04] That's the amount of fossil fuel related. [00:08] Carbon dioxide humans release into the atmosphere every year. [00:12] The gas is entirely invisible until now [00:18] In a striking. [00:18] New video, NASA has revealed the release and circulation [00:22] of human produce carbon dioxide for the entirety of the Year. [00:26] 2021, scientists Drew their data partly from observations [00:32] made by weather satellites and partly by earth-based. [00:36] Monitoring of known greenhouse gas, emitters industrial [00:41] areas in the developed World in particular. [00:43] The most dramatic take away from the outsized role. [00:48] The Northern Hemisphere plays in the global spread of greenhouse [00:52] gases. Compared to the far less blameworthy South video, [00:57] unspools over the course of the year. [01:00] And it's not until June that the south is truly shrouded in [01:04] the north city missions. [01:06] Takes that long partly because the equator operates as an atmospheric [01:11] burner with hot air rising from the earth midline slowly north-south [01:17] circulation. Ultimately however, those billions of tons of carbon [01:21] dioxide blow past is natural stop sign and cover this house [01:26] as badly as the North. [01:29] In the first half of the year before they are obscured by CO2 [01:32] Australia Africa and South America appear to flicker on and off [01:37] from green to a neutral gray. [01:40] That represents plant life absorbing carbon dioxide during [01:44] the day and release unit in a sort of vegetable respiration [01:49] at night. [01:52] If there is any good news in, [01:54] both the data and the video, it's that not all of the CO2 tonnage [01:59] humans pour into the sky, stays there about half of the emissions [02:04] are taken by the land and the oceans, [02:06] which act, as carbon sinks in training greenhouse-gas [02:10] in preventing it from accelerating climate change, [02:13] even further. [02:15] The bad news is that there's at least another thirty seven [02:18] billion tons coming this year and next year, [02:21] and the year after that until humans break their fossil-fuel [02:26] habit. 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