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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by Aunche on Saturday April 29, 2023 @04:47PM (#35757004)
>Gas is used for 2 main reasons: for cooking, where it represents a miniscule amount of overall energy use

Gas cooking makes sense when the infrastructure costs can be amortized with that of heating. One of these costs is the 2-3% of gas that leaks, and this loss will occur even if you heat your home with heat pumps so long as you're connected to the gas grid. If your only use of gas is cooking, it makes much more sense to simply buy cans of propane.

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by ricardobayes on Saturday April 29, 2023 @05:08PM (#35757217)
In my area I got a 50k quote to get connected to mains gas even though it's less than 200 meters away. They can pound sand, even the a state-of-the-art heat pump system is a fraction of that.
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by giardini on Saturday April 29, 2023 @11:48PM (#35759541)
Possibly get a reasonable bid for a propane gas system?
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by brewdad on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:55AM (#35759787)
Or use the electric service they already have.
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by nonethewiser on Saturday April 29, 2023 @05:05PM (#35757184)
Gas cooking makes sense when people want to cook with gas.
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