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What are you talking about? I can get a 3-spots induction cooktop at the shop across the street for €150, exactly the same price as a resistive electric one or

• lupusreal 3y ago
  To replace the gas stoves and oven combos found in most American homes that currently use gas, you're looking at a thousand dollars at the lowest. Most are several thousand dollars. Replacing a gas stove and oven with a low power (single phase 120V in America) induction hotplate would be a substantial downgrade. You also have to consider that many American kitchens that presently have gas will probably need an electrician to install two-phase power. Admittedly some will already have that, but in the homes built for gas it will be several hundred dollars (at least) just to get the wires put in.
  • orwin 3y ago
    But isn't induction only mandatory in newly constructed houses? In that case, how is this relevant?
    • lupusreal 3y ago
      > Traditional electric stoves are the most economical option in new construction as well. Mandating induction would drive up the cost of housing. So realistically, working class people get left with inferior traditional electric stoves. The talk about gas bans being fine because induction is better anyway is a "let them eat cake" argument. HN is consistently out of touch with working class reality.
      • orwin 3y ago
        Do you think installing gas in a new house is cheaper than an induction plaque? (Especially in areas where working class can afford newly built houses)?