Posted on 06/03/2022 9:34:13 AM PDT by grundle
The L.A. City Council last week passed a motion that would ban most gas appliances in new residential and commercial construction in the city, citing an effort to combat climate change.
“With the sheer number of restaurants in L.A., this will have a massive impact on the future of the restaurant industry and how many diverse cuisines are offered,” said Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Assn.
“There is no substitute if you ban gas equipment,” Xie said. "For Chinese cuisine, we use a technique called stir-frying and the temperature is key.”
Many of the dishes at Chengdu Taste require a jolt of heat to caramelize and sear the surface of the meats, vegetables and seafood; something Xie said can only be achieved by cranking up the heat and getting to a certain temperature, quickly.
“Electricity just doesn’t get to that high temperature in a short period of time, and that’s associated with the flavor of the food,” he said.
Wok hei (“breath of the wok”), the distinct flavor imparted to food when cooked at high temperatures in a wok, is the hallmark of certain dishes. It’s that toasted, browned, charred flavor that gives a bowl of noodles, clams in black bean sauce, string beans and anything else cooked this way, that covetable, kissed-by-fire smoky element.
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Don't worry, capitalist ingenuity and the innovation skills of Asian entrepreneurs will create an alternative wok heater. Perhaps just a giant infra-red lamp that runs off of a diesel generator in the alley. Or a traditional wood fired wok heater for the gourmet establishments.
The net result will be good food but 10 times the emissions of the previous solution.
How well do you think a $150.00 induction heater works? That's what a 200,000 btu gas burner costs. Very expensive solutions only work in some markets.
BTW, how much CO2 emissions is saved if you are running the 30KW wok hob from electricity being made by a natural gas fired turbine? Does the coupling efficiency of the wok to induction heater make up for the efficiency losses of the turbine and the electric distribution system?
Let the market decide.
Already illegal there.
If they have their way, there will only be about 10% of current population around to walk between the mud huts and eat their raw root vegetables.
What they actually did was increase the value of all existing restaurants and housing that currently have gas service.
“I really don’t understand the war against NATURAL gas.”
It really isn’t possible to understand deranged minds.
Unless you get joy from heroin.....then in Free-attle, you can go live in a taxpayer funded flop house and shoot up to your heart’s content.
You aren’t Asian and wouldn’t understand.
The last gasp of the racist BLM before the Mexicans take over LA County.
Prepare for some fun TV viewing as the Mexicans crush the racist white BLM on the LA County board. LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is hated by the white racists in LA county. The white BLM racists have been trying to fire the sheriff for years, but Villanueva only gets stronger.
The sheriff has enough guns and manpower to stand up to anything Newsome and his gang of racist thugs throw against him.
Depending on the source one reads, Villanueva has between 20,000 and 60,000 armed Mexicans and supporters he can march onto the battlefield. Meanwhile, the entire California state guard consists of 25,000 individuals. Here’s the kicker, you deep state morons: Half the state national guard are...wait for it...Mexicans!
So for all you prescient FReepers who have been predicting that Mexicans will take over California, you were correct.
BTW, the Mexicans won’t have any problem with Koreans cooking food with gas.
Another loss by the deep state morons who didn’t notice 500,000 ChiComms mustered at the Korean border in 1950.
“Nothing will fix it otherwise.”
Think again. How about 15 million Mexicans taking over California?
“NOT GOOD ENOUGH, They should immediately BAN ALL Natural Gas Appliances from Every last city owned or operated property, then extend that to ALL City employee’s, ELIMINATE ALL Natural Gas appliances from your homes or you are FIRED!!!”
If I were the gas company, I’d send a letter of intent stating that every member of the city council will have their gas service terminated, followed by all city owned facilities as long as this ban is in effect.
Well ain’t that freaking special.
In Californistan, the electric grid can’t keep up with normal summertime demand + charging EV’s, now you want to throw in thousands of these induction appliances?
Do these induction appliances work at 100% efficiency during a brown out? How about black outs? You know those things California is known for every summer.....
What music do chefs play in the kitchen?
Answer: Wok N Roll
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