New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Buildings

Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by eulgro on Saturday April 29, 2023 @08:33PM (#35758658)

> Resistance cooktops are slow and weak

Resistive is just fine. No way I'm throwing out my 20 years old stove to save 2 minutes boiling water. Once the coil is red hot there's virtually no time difference with induction.

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by lostlogin on Sunday April 30, 2023 @02:20AM (#35760103)

I’d challenge anything to a race with a decent induction cooktop. I doubt gas is quicker, it’s silly fast to boil water.

That said, upgrading for this reason would be very silly.

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by dan-robertson on Sunday April 30, 2023 @06:34AM (#35761287)

I think the reason people usually don’t like resistive cooktops is that they change temperature slowly so it is hard to adjust things to the right temperature.

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by YurgenJurgensen on Sunday April 30, 2023 @09:31AM (#35762371)

Also they're capable of melting dark coloured soft plastic with radiant heat even when they've been switched off.

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by cmclaughlin on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:42PM (#35764259)

They also transfer heat to the house, whereas induction does not. Huge benefit in hotter climates

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by vel0city on Sunday April 30, 2023 @02:50PM (#35765444)

> No way I'm throwing out my 20 years old stove to save 2 minutes boiling water

A normal electric stove isn't even going to be two minutes slower to boil. Depending on the stoves in question, the resistive stove might even be faster to a boil than the gas stove, even if the gas stove is rated for more BTUs.

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