How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves
How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves
Surveys showed that most people had no preference for gas water heaters and furnaces over electric ones. So the gas companies found a different appliance to focus on. For decades, sleek industry campaigns have portrayed gas stoves [...] as a coveted symbol of class and sophistication
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The sales pitches worked. The prevalence of gas stoves in new single-family American homes climbed from less than 30 percent during the 1970s to about 50 percent in 2019.
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Beginning in the 1990s, the industry faced a new challenge: mounting evidence that burning gas indoors can contribute to serious health problems. [...]
Cooking is the No. 1 way you’re polluting your home.
You have more control over temperature on an induction cooktop than you have with a gas cooktop, but there is a learning curve. Samsung induction cooktops show a blue "virtual flame", which can help a new user visualize the amount of heat going to the pan.
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anytime somebody claims it is impossible to cook without natural gas I just say "skill issue" and it is a hard counter, they cannot possibly respond to it without sound like they are very mad
Def a skill issue. But I must say, I hate electric glass top, way too much heat retention in the glass. I love the quick control I get with my gas burners, but if I had the money it'd be induction all day for me. There's literally no downside.
Absolutely. For cooking gas is ok but induction is purely better if you can swing it. I'm thinking of upgrading my electric stove because like the only thing bidens climate bill has done is like give $800 rebate for em.
I mean if my state ever bothers to implement it .
100% skill issue though. I cook better shit on my electric stove than anyone with a gas stove I know
let's have some tips then
I cook way better with gas
I suppose purely better is hyperbole as I can't account for taste. But some objective metrics... induction releases far less pollution than burning gas does. It also removes various risks with gas stoves in a home. Additionally it is more energy efficient when measuring the required energy to say boil water.
As far as personal preference goes I can barely speak to it. Unfortunately my houses have had shitty electric for the last decade or so. Had gas before that at home and admittedly enjoyed cooking on it generally. Also used gas when I worked in a kitchen long ago. I've loved Everytime I've had a chance to use an induction stove though. The response and speed is incredible with the right pan. As is the cleanliness.
I do fucking hate that they often have touch screens style controls
Looks like my state hasn't implemented it either... When it comes to electric though, I would prefer to cook on those cheap coil ranges, but prefer to clean up the glass top.
Weirdly ya I think the direct coils can potentially cook a little better than glass electric. Induction smokes em both. And gas is also better for cooking if worse in other ways than the electric
Same
