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> Product-wise & economically, it's already lost. Not remotely. Induction is swell, but gas is an affordable luxury. > Electric water heaters are cheaper/bett
by xyzzy_plugh 7y ago
> Product-wise & economically, it's already lost.
Not remotely. Induction is swell, but gas is an affordable luxury.
> Electric water heaters are cheaper/better to operate.
In what world? Gas is orders of magnitude more affordable than electricity for water heaters [0]. If your power goes out, then you still have hot water, can cook on the stove, etc.
> I don't know about a commercial building, but for a home, you'd probably save $10K+ in piping, installation, and connection fees.
Depending on where you live, you could potentially recoup that in a year.
Induction stoves are also 2-8x more expensive than gas or electric counterparts. If you're a landlord, it can be a considerable expense to replace appliances.
[0] https://www.energy.gov/eere/femp/energy-cost-calculator-electric-and-gas-water-heaters-0 https://www.energy.gov/eere/femp/energy-cost-calculator-elec...
- paranoidrobot 7y ago> If your power goes out, then you still have hot water, can cook on the stove, etc. It's not as if gas doesn't go out, right? If you're in a place where your power grid is so unreliable, perhaps you should be looking at getting that fixed.
- Brian_K_White 7y agoYes it is as if the gas never goes out. Because the gas never goes out. Another way to think of it is, it takes different things to make the different systems go out. The electricity can go out quite easily for a variety of common and not-infrequent reasoms. While it would take a earthquake to take the gas out. If you are having some event that manages to take both out at the same time, then you no longer care about the heat as you are on the roof trying not to drown or running for your life from asteroids.