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.
A few years ago, my electric bill jumped from about $100/month to over $350. I called the local utilities commission and they told me that they could come out and do a “survey” of my appliances but if their guy determined that the bill was my fault, I’d have to pay $100 as a “service call.”
The guy essentially walked into my house and just pointed at every appliance and said what it was, told me that my refrigerator was the culprit, then handed me a bill for $100.
This utilities commission is still adding $20 a month to people’s electric bill for a “solar research” charge and they’ve not made a single investment into solar in the 20 years that they started adding that fee. They still burn diesel to generate power.
Edit: My point is, electricity could certainly be less of an expense, but because it’s treated as a commodity instead of a necessity, power companies know they can price gauge.
For the folks getting the thumbnail from MILFtrip.com because of “awesome kbin image caching bug”. NO, that is not how the DoE is poised. That position is not of modest efficiency. And I highly doubt that would save consumers money on energy bills.
There are zero ways that anything with a MILF is “less energy-intensive”.
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.
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.
I also find that claim really odd. Electric stoves are pretty much unbreakable, at least the simple ones are.
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.
Wow my uh, preview image is rather explicit. I don’t even surf pork on Lemmy, the hell?
Saving consumers money and having them breathe healthier air is just part of the liberal woke mind virus.