International Residential Code requires it. Most local and state adhere to the IRC. It would be foolish to vent a hood to the interior of the home or say in the attic. I just don’t see that happening if professionally installed.
The idea that everything has to be electric and generated by solar or wind is simply not feasible. You’d think big government might have some common sense but they let their climate religion cloud rational thinking.
The goal was never to produce enough energy to power everything, but to gain control of the power so that the government can shut it down on people who don’t conform.
from your article: “Gas stoves often emit carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide, which some scientists have linked to respiratory illnesses and other health concerns”