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.
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.
Here come the treat defenders
The funniest part is that nobody even brought up the supposed better performance of gas (again, skill issue) as some kind of attack against gas.
The entire thing is about not fucking poisoning yourself and your entire family every time you cook a meal.
Lead and asbestos are great for performance too, yet you don’t see comrades obstinately defending adding those into everything.
It is simply not a logically, ethically, physically safe, or morally defensible position.