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by chomp 1256 days ago
> Suddenly this massive propaganda campaign has sprung up

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=gas+stove

There's articles posted to this very site that point to research 3 and 4 years ago. This has been researched for years. Here's a study from almost 20 years ago, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16268829/

> lies about how electric is more energy efficient

Not a lie, induction is up to 3x efficient, partially because gas shoots the heat component around your pot/pan and heats up the room, whereas induction's energy mostly goes into the pan.

> work as well as gas (no they don’t, not even new induction ones

Explain?

>are as reliable as gas (not during a power outage, and not other times either

During power outage, sure, but nothing wrong with keeping a nat gas grill outside where it's properly ventilated. Can you also explain the "other times" electric is not as reliable as gas?