The state is the first to put labels on the appliances pointing consumers to evidence about the harms of cooking with gas. Appliance manufacturers are…
I mean this isn’t a discussion about what stove you should use if you have one stove. This is a discussion about which is superior and which you should pursue if given the opportunity.
There are a painful number of Americans (and now Germans) who still prefer gas over induction for one reason or the other. A large portion of the Americans in my experience is because of the lobbying campaigns of gas companies to make gas seem better or safer than it is.
So ya, if you rent (increasingly most people because late stage capitalism) I’m not talking about how much worse your stove is compared to induction to shame you. I’m talking to everyone who has an opportunity to change someone’s mind on it, buy a new stove for a new construction, or replace their stove when it dies (or sooner if you can swing it).
And there’s no way the gas stove doesn’t cost more over even it’s first couple of years compared to induction. The price of gas will only go up with time, electricity will only go down with time.
I mean this isn’t a discussion about what stove you should use if you have one stove. This is a discussion about which is superior and which you should pursue if given the opportunity.
There are a painful number of Americans (and now Germans) who still prefer gas over induction for one reason or the other. A large portion of the Americans in my experience is because of the lobbying campaigns of gas companies to make gas seem better or safer than it is.
So ya, if you rent (increasingly most people because late stage capitalism) I’m not talking about how much worse your stove is compared to induction to shame you. I’m talking to everyone who has an opportunity to change someone’s mind on it, buy a new stove for a new construction, or replace their stove when it dies (or sooner if you can swing it).
And there’s no way the gas stove doesn’t cost more over even it’s first couple of years compared to induction. The price of gas will only go up with time, electricity will only go down with time.