>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 ins

>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. You'll need to redefine Europe. Loosely in some countries electricity is "cheap" (example France), whilst in many other ones it is "expensive" (example Denmark, Germany). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_pricing#/media/File:Cijena_električne_energije_2017.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_pricing#/media/Fil... And of course prices need to be compared with actual income level, 16.4 in Norway is very different from 16.1 in Slovenia (Net average monthly wage of Euro 3,452 vs. 1,128). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_... If you prefer, in Italy - as an example - we actually can have the three phases and relatively high amounts of power, but we simply cannot afford it (and thus most of heating and cooking is gas based).