Posted on 10/31/2020 10:42:43 PM PDT by EinNYC
Health experts are advising to use electric stoves over glass flames.
Electric coil and induction stoves run on electricity, with the potential for “green” energy sources such as solar and wind power. Gas stoves, though decidedly easier to control for cooking, require the use of fossil fuels, namely natural gas. Their carbon dioxide emissions, while lower than that of other oil or coal, are one of the many factors contributing to climate change.
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Okay, I should have said 1000s of people are severely injured and killed in natural gas and propane explosions worldwide.
Um...
I know it is said that natural gas is really cheap now, but not so according to my gas bill. Had it for a long, long time with several gas companies & still use it for hot water & furnace. Price goes up whenever a new supplier gets the notion. I believe it’s cheaper for certain usage, but not necessarily for home use. I really like my glass top electric cook stove,too, altho our electric bills here are certainly no bargain, either. I’ve lived in the same location for over 40 years, so part of my reasoning is that I’ve had no place else to compare it to. Maybe you are in a location where the supplier is giving you a break instead of trying to get rich quick. Any energy supplier is probably a better deal than the so-called “renewable energy” tho.
Who says CO2 is polluting the atmosphere at all? CO2 isn’t a pollutant; it’s plant food. Are people against green plants?
Frankly I think that is impractical, at least in the cold NE. Unless nuke power plants are built and and infrastructure project$ enabled the adaptation.
I cannot answer that, but I assume it must be burned to produce CO2, otherwise maybe it is like crude oil. It would surprise people that Twice an Exxon Valdez spill worth of oil seeps into the Gulf of Mexico every year [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000127082228.htm] out of four categories: natural seeps, petroleum extraction, petroleum transportation, and petroleum consumption. Of these, seeps are by far the single largest source, accounting for nearly half of all the petroleum compounds released to the ocean worldwide each year. [https://www.whoi.edu/oilinocean/page.do?pid=51878]
I am the cook and I say no. Gas is really the best, if you go with electric you have to get a blow torch to do things like char your peppers. And when the electricity goes out my stove still works.
The problem is uneven heating elements making contact in different places.
Get diffuser rings for your heating elements. The are like 1mm wires that sit on the elements, and then your cookware sits on the diffuser rings off of direct contact with the elements.
You will get much more even cooking.
-PJ
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