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> I think from a practical perspective the biggest advantage of the European system is that every household gets three phases. This is I guess likely the reason
by vageli 7y ago
> I think from a practical perspective the biggest advantage of the European system is that every household gets three phases. This is I guess likely the reason you have many more gas stoves in the US than in Europe where you can easily install a high power electric/induction stove instead.
Why would you prefer an electric stove over a gas stove though? I was under the impression that many places in Europe did not use gas in the home because there was no abundance of natural gas and no easy means of distributing it.
At least in rural Greece in the mountains, my theory makes sense and most people will haul propane for home use. Even in America in more rural places many homes have external propane tanks for heating and cooking.
EDIT: really unclear why this was downvoted. Because I asked about the use case for electrical stoves?
- avar 7y agoAt the risk of getting into the tabs v.s. spaces debate of cooking: Electrical stoves are good enough, electric induction stoves (unlike the old electric stoves) can near-instantly change their heat output, which was the main benefit of gas over electric. Induction stoves are also much easier to clean compared to gas, since the entire heating surface is flat glass[1]. In The Netherlands there's an established gas infrastructure, but when renovating many people are opting to switch to induction over gas, even though they have the ability to keep using gas. Those homes will usually keep a gas-powered boiler for central heating, which will be the only remaining household use of gas. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooking