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New San Francisco rule change for major home renovations mandates all-electric (www.sfchronicle.com)
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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 22 points 18 hours ago

Having lived with both gas and induction, I really prefer induction. It can get things up to temperature faster and has the same level of control as gas.

It also doesn't heat the rest of the kitchen so much and I don't end up breathing the pollution

[-] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 16 hours ago

Second on having induction. Had it since 2011 and I’ll never go back to gas or electric coil.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Old house was gas and we liked it. Current house is induction and we love it. I still am amazed at how quickly things heat up.

[-] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 1 points 16 hours ago

IDK if you're in the US, but anywhere I've lived in the US, induction is expensive and only offered in "premium" homes. Instead we either get crappy electric coils or gas. I'd love to have induction, but am stuck with coils. From a recent comment of mine:

I think cost is probably the main factor. It looks like prices on induction ranges are coming down, but still priced as premium/luxury compared to the electric coils. I looked up the cheapest of both at the local big box home improvement store, and the cheapest option overall is $509 and available for pickup today. The cheapest induction range is $899 and is showing a 7 day lead time.

A lot of people in the US are also really attached to gas, and would choose gas over induction anyway. The cheapest gas ranges are just a little more expensive ($549) than the electric coils.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 16 hours ago

I think it's more that induction is something that gets installed during a major remodel. And it's fairly new, so it's only in the nicer places right now.

If it hadn't rusted out, I'd probably still be using a 1950s coil electric stove

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