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Walk around in the American Heating and Refrigeration conference for a while to get a feel of these trends, this was specifically called out by many manufacture
by Maxburn 3y ago
Walk around in the American Heating and Refrigeration conference for a while to get a feel of these trends, this was specifically called out by many manufacturers as driven by the green movement.
- triceratops 3y agoThat doesn't make them a buzz word.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoIt's being driven by government pressure to reduce energy consumption and dependence on fuel imports. That isn't a bad thing. It's the sort of thing a responsible government should be planning for.
- jonny_eh 3y agoBeing responsible is so trendy.
- Alupis 3y agoNatural gas is available in abundance, is nearly free in terms of cost, and is vastly more "green" than many alternatives available today. It may not be as green as pure electric can be in theory, but in large portions of this country electric isn't all that green either. Heat pumps appear expensive to operate. Imagine running your AC year-round... that very thought makes many-a-homeowner shudder.
- bfuller 3y agoHeat pumps are expensive to operate, and a nightmare to fix. There is a big movement to build whole subdivisions without using natural gas at all, electric ranges and heat pumps. I don't know why it upsets me so much but it does.
- Alupis 3y agoWell, the no-gas thing upsets me because cooking on modern electric cooktops/stoves is still staggeringly awful.
- cycrutchfield 3y agoInduction cooktops heat faster and more evenly than gas
- Alupis 3y agoThere's many good reasons induction cooktops aren't used in commercial kitchens... and those reasons apply for home-cooks as well.
- Tor3 3y agoBut they are used in commercial kitchens. I joined a cooking course arranged by a well-known restaurant where I live, and to my surprise the kitchen we used used induction. Very easy to operate, and you could easily set the heating exactly. It worked basically as a gas restaurant kitchen, just without the gas.
- baq 3y agoWoks suck on induction by design and that’s pretty much it. The rest is uniquely US problem of not having 400V installations.
- dacryn 3y agoyou have wok shaped induction plates that work extremely well It's a niche, I give you that, and the plate can only be used with specific sized woks, but they exist. https://maxima.com/en/induction-wok-wok-burner.html https://maxima.com/en/induction-wok-wok-burner.html
- cycrutchfield 3y agoInertia? Ignorance? I've seen induction cooktops in commercial kitchens before, maybe they were just being stupid?
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