iluvpink
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,370
Location: Michigan
Jul 13, 2014 12:40:31 GMT
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Post by iluvpink on Oct 19, 2021 18:00:27 GMT
As neither DH or I like to cook so the stove gets very little use, we chose a smooth top electric range as it's easier to dust:)
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Post by sunshine on Oct 19, 2021 18:16:51 GMT
We have gas, always have.
Stoves will just be the beginning.
We also have:
Gas dryer Gas fireplace Gas furnace Gas water heater Gas pool heater
How long until those get put on the hit list?
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Post by kellapea on Oct 19, 2021 18:23:47 GMT
Can't stand gas stoves mostly because of the scented additive. Mercaptan is the additive that is added to natural gas to make it easier to detect in case of a leak. One of my least favorite smells in the entire world. Yuck.
My new house came with a fancy Italian gas stove. Hate it. Can't just simmer- cooks the heck out of everything. I refer to it as "the cauldron".
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RedSquirrelUK
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,899
Location: The UK's beautiful West Country
Aug 2, 2014 13:03:45 GMT
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Oct 19, 2021 18:45:24 GMT
We have gas heating and everything else electric. The only thing I can't do with my induction hob that I miss is soft boiling eggs. You can't get a rolling boil with an induction hob, but you can with an electric ring. We buy our electricity from a 100% green energy supplier. We're looking into air pumps for heating as well, but we have an old house and we're not sure it would work.
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Post by janamke on Oct 19, 2021 20:12:55 GMT
Gas, and not giving it up without a fight. Our home had a glass cook top when we moved in, it was horrible. Left a long deadly path of destroyed plastics, knives, cutting boards, etc in it's wake.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 19, 2021 23:22:03 GMT
I have electric at home and natural gas at the lake cabin. I much, MUCH prefer natural gas. I think it’s more consistent and easier to regulate the temperature especially with the stovetop. Our electric cooktop stays really hot for really long.
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Post by mom2jnk on Oct 19, 2021 23:23:52 GMT
What the gas companies will not tell you is that your stove is a danger not just to the world’s climate but also to your own family’s health. THIS! This is what gets lost in all of the discussions about gas versus electric and trying to make regulators into "boogiemen" that just want to steal your stove. Please don't get caught up in the propaganda and the tribalism on this one. Natural gas is, for the most part, methane. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. Over twenty times more powerful than carbon dioxide! Methane is a huge climate issue that we are just beginning to unravel. And now we know it is a significant human health issue too. Children's risk of asthma and respiratory illnesses increase significantly in homes with gas stoves. Unfortunately, natural gas leaks from all the little places (like your homes, your stoves, your heaters) and the big places (oil fields, fracking fields, refineries, pipelines, power plants) causes significant global warming. Much more than we ever realized. It's a BIG THING. We've got to get methane emissions under control to tackle the climate crisis.
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