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No, induction cooktops are "hot" (heating your cookware) absolutely instantly, and in power boost mode transfers more energy into your cookware than gas. Basic

• jedberg 6y ago
  > Basic ones are also no longer expensive, at least not in Europe. Hopefully if they ban gas in homes that becomes true here too. But I just looked, and the cheapest induction cooktop I could find was $1,200, 2.2x the price of an average gas cooktop and 3x the price of an average electric.
  • sorenjan 6y ago
    But you would save money by not connecting the house to a gas line. Then there's the gas consumption, but I don't know how that compares to electricity.
    • djrogers 6y ago
      Here electricity is 2-10x the cost of gas (depending on the electric usage tier you’re in) for simple stuff like heating. I pay over $0.40/kWh for electricity...
    • jedberg 6y ago
      > But you would save money by not connecting the house to a gas line. For a new construction, maybe, but the plumber is already onsite to do the water pipes, so it's not much more to add in a few gas pipes. For an existing house, it's already there. It takes over 100 years to turn over the housing stock, so you'd need to maintain the gas infrastructure for quite some time before you'd start saving any money. > Then there's the gas consumption, but I don't know how that compares to electricity Here in the Bay Area gas is a lot cheaper than electricity. But that's because our utility is a crappy monopoly. In cities with their own power generation, like Santa Clara, they're on par with each other.