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San Jose set to become largest U.S. city to enact natural gas ban
- KingMachiavelli 7y agoWhat's interesting is that my home built in the early 1970s apparyently had all electric heating since they believed they would be getting cheap nuclear power soon. When a storm took out power for a more than a week, the entire block installed natural gas heating/boilers. So I'm a bit skeptical if making long term planning betting on renewables replacing the bulk of hour heating & cooking power. It seems the city is thinking the same way: > City leaders also voted to require new buildings be equipped for all-electric operation, even if they continue to rely on other sources of energy in the near term. A lot of people perfer gas for stove cooking, but maybe new electric & induction stoves are just as good? Anyway, I would thing the cost of wiring for electric appliences is low (just a few 240V circuits) while running gas lines is more expensive anyway so I would be suprised if a significant portion of new construction was putting in more gas appliences besides water heaters & HVAC.