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Fossil methane (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/climatememes@lemmy.world
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Yes, I know it's not technically just methane, but methane is its primary constituent.

"Fossil gas" is also probably a suitable term, but I like "fossil methane" because it gets that spooky chemical name benefit.

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

That's only because the USA is behind on cooking tech.

The cheapest range in the US on the IKEA US site is a $699 gas range (excluding tax). Ceramic is $749 and induction is $1399.

Meanwhile, onI the Dutch ikea site a cooktop (excluding oven, since we decided to get rid of the whole range concept in Europe), the cheapest gas stove is €119 while induction is €269. We don't do ceramic anymore. Prices including tax.

So yes, induction is still expensive in the US. but ceramic is not and spending $50 to not inhale gas fumes and having an easy to clean surface is worth it. I used one for a year, it's great.

But if you do have the money, I'd go for induction. And when the US catches up in technology, "double" won't really matter when it's just €150 more.

And if you really want to be cheap, those Tillreda single units cost $80.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    here in the USA combo oven-range units reign supreme, although some fancier kitchens in new houses have stuff like induction burners built into the countertops and stuff like that. so you kinda gotta buy them as a package. my apartment has the coil electric kind but it's an older unit. the building owns it so we'd have to ask the for permission to replace it. that's one issue here, perhaps half of Americans don't get any say in green building upgrades. we gotta combine carrots like subsidies and tax breaks with sticks like mandates to get landlords to upgrade stuff

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Lol, landlords suck everywhere.

    Ranges also reigned supreme in Europe 15 years ago.

    It just takes time, but eventually induction will replace everything. In the meantime, cooking on gas isn't that bad.

    In terms of government action, I think the best would be to just regulate rents. In most schemes, slightly higher rents are allowed for modernized rentals. But rents are just too high at the moment.

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