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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by JumpCrisscross on Monday August 26, 2019 @11:02AM (#20800427)
> The proliferation of gas in the United States is also probably due to less-regulated environment

Gas is expensive to transport. The United States has a lot of gas and a lot of transport infrastructure. As a result, gas is cheap.

The same is not true on continental Europe.

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by Gibbon1 on Monday August 26, 2019 @12:48PM (#20801379)
Also for a long time gas was a waste product from oil production. So if you were close to oil fields, like California and the gulf states then nat gas was really cheap.
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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by stevekemp on Monday August 26, 2019 @01:41PM (#20801954)
In the UK gas-cookers, and even gas-based boilers/heating, are extremely common.

I moved to Finland, here gas is an oddity, and not so common at all. I really miss the speed of a gas-based hob.

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by Broken_Hippo on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:36PM (#20803502)
Check out induction tops. They've been beating out gas in some speed-based things, namely boiling water. When I reach the point of needing to buy a new stove, I'm going for this. As a bonus, many of the pots and pans I have will work on it.
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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by dTal on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:29AM (#20819535)
>As a bonus, many of the pots and pans I have will work on it.

Bit of a stretch to reframe limited compatibility as a 'bonus', dontcha think? Outside of induction hobs, the norm is for any pot/pan to work on any stove.

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by Broken_Hippo on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:22AM (#20828240)
You would think so, but many folks are under the impression that you have to get special pots and pans for it or that they are expensive - which isn't the case. Many will find that their current pans will, indeed, work on the induction hobs.

As far as the second... yes and no. IIRC, some of the reason for the decrease in enamel cookware was that it couldn't be used on some burners. The same goes with glass saucepans: I don't think you are supposed to use them with gas cook tops - even though these were popular for some time. Making sure the material was suitable for your cooking surface has been a concern for quite some time. It just happens that most cookware can be used on most surfaces.

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by stevekemp on Monday August 26, 2019 @11:02PM (#20805987)
Funny you say that, after living in this new flat for a couple of years we recently renovated our kitchen and now have an induction hob.

The induction hob is certainly better than the electric rings we had in the past, but I still miss the gas!

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by pergadad on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:38PM (#20803515)
Induction is great, but of course still not as fast as gas and pots get expensive. I'm return much safer - I'd prefer my old townhouse not to be filled with ancient gas lines.
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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by tssva on Monday August 26, 2019 @02:14PM (#20802281)
Most natural gas in the US is transported via pipeline. The US has over 2.5 million miles of natural gas pipelines.
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