[gisely]

It’s deeply depressing that none of the comments here so far are positive toward this move. The earth will be utterly transformed by climate change in next century to detriment of nearly every living thing on it. We have only one reliable mechanism to mitigate to harm we are causing: ending fossil fuel use. To do that everything that currently uses fossil energy needs to be electrified. Every year we waste letting new buildings get built with gas furnaces makes it that much harder to limit the damage we’ve caused.

Stop using the fact much electrical generation still uses fossil fuels to argue against electrification. Petition to bring new renewable generation online and close coal and gas powered plants instead. Stop romanticizing a gas stove that pollutes the air in your home as you cook at it. Get an induction stove heats just as fast instead.

Stop pretending we have time to “wait and assess” and starting fighting for a livable future on only home we have.

[pikma]

Thank you for your comment. I myself have cooked on gas my whole life, have learnt over years how each of my different pans heats over gas (it sounds stupid but there are a lot of subtleties when it comes to cast iron, carbon steel and stainless steel, how they hear up at different rates and develop hot spots, how the sides and the center hear differently, and how that can result in burnt oil). I am anxious to have to learn all of this again on induction, and maybe even having to let go of my beloved carbon steel pan (it's unclear to me how well it will work on induction and whether it will warp or spin on the flat surface).

But overall the reasoning of this change makes sense to me - we'll all have to adapt and it'll be annoying but we can't wait. The right time to start was 30 years ago - the second best time is now.

[inglor_cz]

"Petition to bring new renewable generation online and close coal and gas powered plants instead."

Recent European energy market seems to indicate that the more renewables you add to the mix, the more coal and gas you actually need to burn once the nature starts conspiring against you. Dark and freezing days with weak wind are the worst.