About 47 million homes use natural gas or propane-burning cooktops and ovens. Stanford researchers found that cooking with gas stoves can raise indoor levels of the carcinogen benzene above those found in secondhand smoke.

Is this one of those things we will look back at from the future and say: “I can’t believe that we did that?” like leaded fuel?

  • TroyOPMEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Is this regional, perhaps? In Manitoba, electric stoves are just sort of considered normal – largely because of the cost of electricity being so reasonable. The high end houses here all get fancy induction cooktops with the nice glass surface that’s so easy to clean, which is a huge draw versus a gas burner (the principal drawback being you need certain types of cookware, but if you’re building a fancy house, get fancy cookware…)

    • someguy3English
      3·
      1 year ago

      I think electric stoves are more common in Canada (I’m Canadian too) but I see plenty of people saying they prefer gas stoves.

      • WindoLickerEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Part of the love for gas stoves is more or less cultural inertia, part of it is the fact that they are in some ways easier to use(the instant heat adjustment), part of it is sheer contrarianism, and part is some people worried about being able to cook even during a power outage.

        Electric is pretty normal all over Canada, what I’d like to see is induction take over the standard electric range.