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> Why are people so attached to gas stoves when we have induction anyways? People are attached to gas stoves because the usual alternative you see in rented un

• hamandcheese 4y ago
  As an SF apartment dweller, this is my main concern. My apartment has a shitty stove, but you know what? At least it's gas. If it gets replaced, I am 110% sure it will not be with a nice induction stove. It will be with the cheapest electric stove that's available.
  • sgc 4y ago
    There might be a code cycle lag, but they will mandate induction as well I am sure, because it is more energy efficient than older style electric stoves. https://www.energystar.gov/about/2021_residential_induction_cooking_tops https://www.energystar.gov/about/2021_residential_induction_...
  • rendall 4y ago
    The article mentions that gas stoves are not affected by the ban
• BoorishBears 4y ago
  I live in SF and rent. Induction cooktops aren't as inherently expensive as the price implies: here in the US we don't really use them, so there's just little demand. When I went to buy my parents that induction stove, the bottom of the ranges offered were induction versions of the top non-induction stoves because they need the highest possible margins to justify the tiny market. Just an induction cooktop starts in the $700 range, when they start for less than half that in the UK. This could easily be the start of normalizing induction in the US, and that's not a bad thing.