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https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/06/how-the-fossil-fuel-industry-convinced-americans-to-love-gas-stoves/

Surveys showed that most people had no preference for gas water heaters and furnaces over electric ones. So the gas companies found a different appliance to focus on. For decades, sleek industry campaigns have portrayed gas stoves [...] as a coveted symbol of class and sophistication

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The sales pitches worked. The prevalence of gas stoves in new single-family American homes climbed from less than 30 percent during the 1970s to about 50 percent in 2019.

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Beginning in the 1990s, the industry faced a new challenge: mounting evidence that burning gas indoors can contribute to serious health problems. [...]

Cooking is the No. 1 way you’re polluting your home.

https://archive.ph/Aiyd2

You have more control over temperature on an induction cooktop than you have with a gas cooktop, but there is a learning curve. Samsung induction cooktops show a blue "virtual flame", which can help a new user visualize the amount of heat going to the pan.

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[-] REgon@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago

okay but how else am I supposed to light my ciggies or feel like a chef

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Electric ranges start having those old car cigarette lighters lol

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

They better. Also a plug in for a footbath so I can care for my poor sore feet

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

They'll include that as an option to replace the under oven drawer.

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's supposed to be a drawer??? I just fill it with water and put mah feet in it I wanted them to add a plugin so I could use the footbath to store items in. Stuff like baking sheets and the like. Weird they haven't thought of that

[-] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

My adoptive mother would turn the electric range on with the end of the cigarette on it if she didn't have a lighter.

It stinks up your entire fucking house but does work

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