Berkeley becomes first US city to ban natural gas in new homes

Re:Berkeley becomes first US city to ban natural gas in new ... by dylan604 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @02:28PM (#20472654)

Sadly, renters don't get much input on any of the appliances. While suggesting a different type of electric stove is great for people with that control, most just suffer with the cheapest appliance the landlord could get away with providing.

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Re:Berkeley becomes first US city to ban natural gas in new ... by ebg13 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:11PM (#20473015)

You can always put a portable induction top on top of your unused electric top.

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Re:Berkeley becomes first US city to ban natural gas in new ... by selimthegrim on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:27PM (#20473140)

Heat diffuser too?

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Re:Berkeley becomes first US city to ban natural gas in new ... by ebg13 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:39PM (#20473716)

A what? Do you mean one of these things? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_diffuser

If so, then I don't think you'd ever need one? None of the use-cases for them seem like they would apply to a good induction stove.

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Re:Berkeley becomes first US city to ban natural gas in new ... by kbutler on Friday July 19, 2019 @09:48AM (#20478601)

An induction-compatible disc that heats up via induction and transfers that heat by conduction to your non-induction-compatible cookware.

Simple, inexpensive, inefficient, and possibly damaging.

https://www.centurylife.org/the-inefficiency-of-induction-co...

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Re:Berkeley becomes first US city to ban natural gas in new ... by selimthegrim on Friday July 19, 2019 @08:50AM (#20478184)

No I meant for an electric stove

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Re:Berkeley becomes first US city to ban natural gas in new ... by ebg13 on Friday July 19, 2019 @05:54PM (#20482772)

But the goal is to make your cooktop _more_ responsive, not _less_ responsive.

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