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You can pry my gas stove from my cold dead hands.
by whalesalad 5y ago
You can pry my gas stove from my cold dead hands.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoSame here. I have had the displeasure of experiencing multiple multi day electricity outages in the Northeast, and having a natural gas connection to the house was an immense lifesaver. Heat (from gas fireplace), hot water, and home cooked meals were no problem.
- brightball 5y agoLast time I experienced a major power loss during a winter storm, our gas logs were able to heat half the house. It’s the only thing I tell new homeowners to make sure they have.
- galago 5y agogas/electric/induction all co-exist for various reasons. i liked gas until i realized that for heating a pot of water, even standard electric is faster in the stretch because the element is in contact with the pot. also electric/induction are just a straight surface which is easier to clean. i currently have gas in a rental, but i wish i had one of the other options. if we have gas we can roast marshmallows, which fun... but maybe it just seems fun due to the higher carbon dioxide levels.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoI like induction more than gas — you still get the speed and responsiveness, but it’s easier to clean. And it pollutes your own air less, of course. From an engineering perspective it’s also more efficient, you don’t lose as much energy in the transfer. Not sure if that makes it more cost efficient though.
- doctor_eval 5y agoI just moved from a house with a gas range - I’ve had gas cookers for more than 20 years - to one with an induction stove. I’ve never used induction before but it’s really great. For every minor niggle with the induction unit, like the odd noise, there seems to be a matching benefit, like not scalding myself on the waste heat from the gas. The best part is that it gets every hit as hot as a gas stove, maybe even hotter, and as I discovered just yesterday, you can set the temperature below boiling to keep something warm. I’ve never been able to do that with gas. The fact that it can be made to be green makes me very happy.
- BostonEnginerd 5y agoI love our induction stove - on the same burner that I can boil a full pot of water in 2m, I can keep a soup going at a precise simmer. I could never get our old gas stove setup that precisely.
- chadlavi 5y agoMy concern would be this: cheap ass landlords are going to just install horrible, low quality electric ring ranges in apartments, not nice induction ranges. Gas is millions of times better than those electric ring ranges.
- loeg 5y agoThey already do that.
- CydeWeys 5y agoYou can't charge luxury prices if your apartment has a shitty stovetop. This is something the market will fix.
- coffeefirst 5y agoOh, you absolutely can. A lot of "luxury" buildings are superficial branding with low-end appliances. Sometimes they're fine. Sometimes you wind up with an oven that takes two hours to pre-heat, and when you tell maintenance it's broken you discover they're all like that. Granted, most of those places didn't have gas to begin with.
- Underphil 5y agoI don't see how this is relevant. You're not being asked to give up your gas stove, nor are you being asked to give up gas in your already existing home.
- crooked-v 5y agoFor contrast, I rather wish I had an inductive cooktop rather than a gas stove. The gas burners pump out a huge amount of heat that doesn't go into the pans at all.
- notacoward 5y agoPart of me is inclined to agree with you. In terms of pure function, I prefer the rapid response of gas stoves to anything electric. I have a moderately high-end glass/electric (not induction) range right now, and TBH it just doesn't work as well as a basic gas range. Unfortunately, I also have to consider the upstream and downstream impacts. This less-functional range is a price I'm willing to pay for not adding to the world's woes.