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Another reason to stop using gas

by j4mie on 5/18/23, 6:02 PM with 15 comments

• by voisin on 5/18/23, 7:31 PM

  We just replaced our gas stove with induction. It is unbelievable how much faster it brings water to a boil. The moment I take the pot off, the glass is cool, so no risk of my kid (or I) accidentally touching it. It is also infinitely easier to wipe clean versus gas where stuff always fell below the metal piece holding things above the flame.

  Zero regrets. I wish I’d done this years ago.

• by maerF0x0 on 5/18/23, 6:14 PM

  Every house I've ever seen that has a natural gas stove also has a over range hood fan. Could be a simple legislative / improvement to simply tie the fan operation to a heat sensor (for a little extra extraction after burner turned off) or simply just while any burner is on (and oven).

  That being said electricity is so useful, and has the property of colocating emissions at the generation plant, that I don't see a lot of reason not to use it for all forms of heating and transportation at this point besides economic (it's expensive relative to mining energy stored from the past).

  Normally concentrated emissions is an issue, but it's also the key for emissions technologies like scrubbers (which work well on concentrated streams, and not so well on dilute) .

• by rx_tx on 5/18/23, 6:22 PM

  Not only are the NOx levels much higher like the article states, PM2.5 particulates also go through the roof (>100-200, or way higher without ventilation, observed with a PM2.5 sensor) from the flame as well as the oil/nonstick pans heating up.

  A lot of people don't even turn on their vent hood when cooking, or the hood doesn't have enough flow rate. After showing my parents the particulates that were emitted during cooking from the flame and oil heating, they turn on the hood at max speed every day and open the window when possible, and it makes a big difference.

• by snapplebobapple on 5/19/23, 12:59 AM

  I am fine with not using gas to cook because induction is nearly as good and way easier to cleanup but i am really not ok with government mandating stuff like this. Price the climate externality of carbon and let consumers make their own decisions.

• by PaulHoule on 5/18/23, 6:33 PM

  This book

  http://wilhelm-research.com/book_toc.html

  claims that fumes from gas stoves cause color pictures to fade more rapidly.