• Squirrel@thelemmy.club
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    Induction stove. Its responsiveness and power are incomparable to electric or gas. I’m never going back.

    Alternatively, my Steam Deck. I use it practically every day. A gaming PC that I can take anywhere has always been my dream, and it absolutely delivers.

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      Problem with induction is you can’t use anodized aluminum, ceramic or other nonmagnetic cookware. I usually prefer gas, but I’d do hate what fracking is doing to the world, not to mention the constant small benzene exposures aren’t good for you. But traditional electric ranges are a pain. Wish there was another option.

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        They make metal plates you can use over an instruction stove to use whatever cookware you have

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          The only one I tried was so slow and pathetic that it’s completely put me off the idea. Was it just a bad example?

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              Umm stoves/ranges are wired for 50amp 240v. Being on an American grid that also supports 120v is irrelevant to this.

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              This was a presumably quite expensive one (the house it was in was outrageous) in the UK. Did our friend group’s Christmas dinner at one of their parents places in the country. Trying to cook dinner for 16 was a huge pain using that thing.

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        Gas stoves also release carcinogens and need to be very well vented. They re superior other than that, IMO. I just run my vent hood when my stovetop is in use.

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          Yeah, I mean if the stove is in good condition it only releases anything when it’s first turned on before it fully ignites and possibly a miniscule amount when it turns off, but yeah, it’s not a bad idea to vent during that time or if you have a stove that’s in bad condition or is dirty and not directing the gas properly so it fully burns. Same for water heaters, though, and older furnaces, though modern ones deal with it.

          But either way it’s a tiny bit and on its own is not likely to cause problems. The problem is that we get exposed to so many other carcinogens that it all adds up, so any exposure that you can limit is a good thing. And of course, risk increases with age.

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            Recent studies have found that this information is entirely false and propaganda by the gas companies. It releases huge amounts of quite toxic stuff every second it is lit. More closely aligned with everyone in the house breathing second hand smoke from cigarettes continuously while it is being used. It has been all over the news these past few months.

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              Yeah I know. I have a gas leak/no2 detector because I had a leak once that the gas company was dilly dallying over. I’ve tested around my stove and it’s relatively low compared to others I read about in those studies. But if the part that splits the gas before burning is dirty it can sit on there wrong and some gas escapes before burning and several other issues can lead to gas escaping. My point was that we’ll maintained stoves are relatively ok. Those are what the gas companies do their testing on, new products, but those don’t really exist in many homes.