This is a perfect example of a market failure where you need some government intervention because the general public is not great at assessing risk level, or even knowing about some risks.
If companies could sell generators with a big sticker on them that says "with new feature that prevents shark attacks" now that might actually get people interested in buying it over the competition. But a CO shutoff probably doesn't get many people interested.
If companies could sell generators with a big sticker on them that says "with new feature that prevents shark attacks" now that might actually get people interested in buying it over the competition. But a CO shutoff probably doesn't get many people interested.