Natural gas leaks are responsible for way more greenhouse gas effects than stove CO2. That is, it's not the stoves, it's the transmission infrastructure.
But if this had been an article on banning gas furnaces instead, would you be saying it doesn't matter unless we also ban gas stoves? Do we need to regulate everything bad simultaneously or not at all?
I find it fascinating how different preferences arise and end up dominating in different countries. I wonder what it is about gas dryers that make them popular in the US. Anyone got one and can enlighten me?