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Re:Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500k Cars by bradstewart on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:08PM (#30103066)
While I am generally supportive of electrification efforts as a major tool in combating climate change, I am wary of having a single energy source to my house.

Particularly in light of the grid failures in Texas last winter. We would have been in big trouble without uninterrupted gas service. Running a small (1500 watt) generator to power the blower and control circuits, we were able to heat the house and cook without issue.

The redundancy was hugely important. Granted a rooftop solar+battery system would also suffice, but I'm wondering how long you can run a stove or furnace from those batteries.

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Re:Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500k Cars by teeray on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:49PM (#30103622)
This is the reason many people in northern New England typically have a combination of propane, electric, or a wood stove. Relying on any one is an invitation for frozen pipes.
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Re:Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500k Cars by olliej on Thursday January 27, 2022 @02:19PM (#30104899)
In all fairness the Texas grid failures were the result of intentional choices made by the Texas government. Other states with similar weather had nothing like the catastrophic failure TX had.
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Re:Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500k Cars by bradstewart on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:40PM (#30106276)
Absolutely true. But redundancy is still a good thing.
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