The topic of gas stoves ignited a heated debate last year when a Biden appointee suggested they could be banned because they posed a risk to human health.
But a ban isn’t in the works — and this week the administration will finalize a scaled-back plan to make new stoves less energy-intensive.
The lifetime numbers you give are complete fiction from what I can tell; only way you end up with that is if the home appliance is getting used all day, every day, as if it were installed in a restaurant.
Is it crazy to think people might cook everyday? Eating everyday? In this economy?
Cooking every day doesn’t mean “running all burners on the stove 10 hours per day”
There’s a difference between using a stove all day, every day, and cooking meals for one family on it.
I can’t find anything regarding a <10 year lifespan, and of the various stoves I’ve had, I only replaced one and that was by choice (I wanted an induction stove, which is kind of amazing!)
If you can source the stat, I’ll allow it, otherwise I’ll have to remove it as misinformation.
I also find that claim really odd. Electric stoves are pretty much unbreakable, at least the simple ones are.
FWIW, USA Today says electric ranges last 13-15 years and gas ranges 20 years.
https://reviewed.usatoday.com/ovens/features/how-long-do-kitchen-appliances-last
Personally I’ll sacrifice that shortened lifespan for breathing less polluted air.
Cooking on an electric range is miserable. Does the impact of pollutants and carbon offset even cover the cost of replacement given the current efficiency?
I’m all for reduction of pollutants and lessing our carbon footprint, but is this seems like a culture war topic to deflect from actual areas in society were a meaningful impact could be made.
