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The road to a healthier, safer life, and planet starts right at the front door. The new, modern, all-electric house does not rely on flammable fuels, does not produce toxic combustion byproducts, and does not emit greenhouse gases.

There are short-term, long-term, small-scale, and large-scale dangers from piping flammable hydrocarbons like natural gas through our streets and homes and from torching them off them in enclosed spaces.

One set of problems comes from the byproducts of generating heat in home appliances. Burning natural gas produces mostly CO2 and water vapor, but that is not a...