Are Gas Stoves Going to be Banned and Why?

That really makes sense. New builds will go by the ban, not existing ones.

@celticeagle Yes, I was impressed that the commission had actually thought this all out instead of throwing everything at us at one time. This should be easily workable.

@DaddyEvil ........If the Republicans don't put a wrench in it some how.

That's sad. I wonder what will happen.

@DaddyEvil the electric stove consume more energy thus more money to spend for the electric rate. For example, an electric stove consume 1200 watt of power, if l used it for 1 hours everyday in a month, In have to pay around 200-300 rb rupiah just for cooking ( it is about around $ 15- $20). I only have to pay around $3-$5 per month if I use gas stove.

Here, the government will partially pay for the new electric stove when people need a new one. Enough to make it cheaper to buy the electric stove. (People here don't usually think ahead unless they're buying a lot of appliances at the same time. They forget to consider which appliance will be cheaper to run over the years.)

I probably won't either.

@celticeagle - In Monte Carlo gas for cooking was banned in 1995, I was still living there and I was so angry when they did. There are only apartment buildings in Monte Carlo and they judged that gas is too dangerous.

@LadyDuck .........I bet it is.

I doubt it too. Not for a while. Induction is supposed to be the best way to cook.

@celticeagle I grew up using electric but lived at the house with a gas stove/oven for 15 years. I'd never go back to electric.

@celticeagle I don't know where this comes from. Any professional chef would NEVER use an electric stove or oven.

I don't like gas heat. I never feel warm.

We also use gas to heat our house and our water.

@celticeagle Hubs is always cold; and I'm usually warm. He uses an electric heater in "his room".

Interesting. I wonder what will occur there.

I put a link to an article that explains everything in my box on this discussion, if you're interested in reading it.

@celticeagle I checked some relevant reports and found that gas stoves are really harmful to health, especially some explosions. Therefore, some of our government canteens stipulate the use of commercial induction cookers. However, natural gas is still what many businesses and people are willing to use, because natural gas is much cheaper than electricity.

It's not going to be easy to make these needs changes for our environment's sake.

@DaddyEvil ...........Excellent point.

@celticeagle Thanks.

Current gas appliances won't be affected. Only when someone goes to replace them will the ban go into effect.

Makes sense.

I think that is rather obvious. How else could they make this change over? I think they might give some tax incentives too.

@porwest ...........I believe in the 1st too. But most of your miles of running on is just that.......running on.

Hmm.... A lot of the electricity here is generated by wind and solar power and the excess is funneled back into the grid. The last two houses I owned I put solar cells on the roof and was paid enough for the electricity I put into the grid to pay for the solar panels. Not everyone can say that but in a lot of the areas in the US, it can and does happen. I know there are a lot of wind farms in this area, too. (I don't know that they make enough to pay for the windmills but I would assume they are or they would have installed solar panel farms instead.) PLEASE don't make this discussion political or I'll leave like I do every other time you do that. I'd rather have a conversation without it becoming political.

@DaddyEvil That is actually false. 38.3% of power generation is from natural gas. 21.8% of power generation is from coal. 18.9% of power generation is from nuclear. So, 60.1% of all power generation in the United States comes from fossil fuels. Wind and solar only account for less than 1% of all power generation, and this is partly because they are not efficient sources of renewable energy. Hydro sources actually account for much more, just a bit over 6%. As for homes that use solar, they are a very tiny percentage of power sources and it has been determined that a solar powered home would require quite a bit more from the grid source to charge an electric car. As for political elements to any comment I make, I will include if I want to and will not require nor ask for your permission to do it. If you don't want to participate, I also assert there is no requirement you respond. But do keep in mind, this discussion that we both responded to IS a political discussion with very political elements within it, and so to leave it out at any time would be to improperly respond to a discussion engaged in politics—and I think that's one of the rules here to engage in discussions in a way that advances the discussion. If the post is political...leaving it out MIGHT be counterproductive. I believe in the 1st amedment, and there is NOTHING political about that.

Not that I know of. I just have read that this type of cooking is said to be best.

That's interesting. Induction is supposed to be the best way to cook.

@Adie04 .......This could be a problem.

@celticeagle I know right! But maybe, the owner of the place ever experience where the tenants are having their joy of overused the electricity until it blows off the main power.