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Utilities have been lying to us about gas stoves since the 1970s - Lemmy.World (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by m3t00 to c/science

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omg, is this for real? weird how recent conspiracy rumbling about gvmnt taking away gas stoves may have been covering for a real conspiracy. First I've read about benzene in stove fumes. Like cooking w/gas

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (27 children)

I had gas stoves most of my life. Several years back I had an apt with a nice flat top electric and I liked it. Fast forward a couple years and my current place has a gas stove again. I hate it now and I miss the electric.

It was reliable. It didn't smell or leave combustion byproducts in the air. I don't have to worry about making the house explode if a burner is bumped on.

The thing I notice the most is it's wasteful. On the electric the handles of my pots were never too hot to touch. Gas stove, so much heat is lost around the pot. The handles are always hot and the above range microwave handle gets hot too. (I am using the appropriate sized burner for the pot size.)

[–] Someology 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When those issues with overheated pots happen on a gas stove, it is because you have turned up the flame too high for the size of the pot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Using that logic I'd have to keep all my burners on low all the time and spend hours getting water to boil.

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