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Cooking costs is more important. I saw an interview with a poor Brit a year or two ago, who had an electricity meter which took coins. He said the main reason
by brnt 2y ago
Cooking costs is more important.
I saw an interview with a poor Brit a year or two ago, who had an electricity meter which took coins. He said the main reason to eat microwave meals is the energy cost: a few minutes of microwave is far cheaper than half an hour of cooking plate or an hour of oven.
- BigGreenJorts 2y agoI didn't realize microwaves were so energy efficient. I wonder how rice cookers compare bc on a budget, that'd be my cooking implement since they also require no supervision.
- geowwy 2y agoMicrowaves directly heat the food so there's not much heat loss. Rice cookers lose a lot of energy by escaped steam and heat radiating out of the pot.
- brnt 2y agoA microwave meal is prepared, it just needs to be warmed up. Cooking usually requires one to transform matter somehow, which takes longer or requires a few steps. Plus, as said, much energy is lost one the stove or oven. E.g. boiling a pot of rice (most energy lost on evaporating water) on gas (more than half of all energy shoots out from under the pot directly into the extractor) is, apart from not just heating the rice but also speeding up the absorption of water, wasting a lot. I actually make it a low key sport to use my stovetop efficiently (switching to induction is one!).
- swiftcoder 2y agoCoin fed electricity meters are some sort of hate crime in and of itself
- brnt 2y agoI agree, but it does give one pause to consider those costs as well.
- readerC 2y agoin the winter, the heat from a stove is valuable to help heat your house and boiling water works to humidify... in the summer or in a warm climate- not so valuable
- brnt 2y agoHeating a house through a stove is also inefficient. In terms of heat generation (no heat recapture from the water generated in combustion, let alone the increased effiency when heating with heat pumps) and in terms of distribution (single point emissions, instead of radiators in every (corner of the) room. It's more efficient to not generate and emit that heat at all but use the energy in your regular home heating system.