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Re:New York City bans natural gas in new buildings by xxs on Sunday December 26, 2021 @06:00AM (#29691386)
In Europe, there is more electric than gas cooking. However, the voltage is higher - 230 nominal, with three phase being very standard as well (400v phase to phase).

The issue is that the lower voltage ~115 requires higher currents (over twice) which translates to more copper everywhere, beefer silicon for SMPS converters that are even used for induction tops.

Re:New York City bans natural gas in new buildings by sgerenser on Sunday December 26, 2021 @07:16AM (#29691806)
U.S. residential induction (and ceramic, electric coil, etc.) cooktops are all 240V.