@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agoEnergy minister says hydrogen will 'not play a major role' in heating homes in the UKnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkEnergy minister says hydrogen will 'not play a major role' in heating homes in the UKnews.sky.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink2•1 year agoFor home heating and cooking, they’re definitely a good route. Ordinary coil stoves are fine to cook on too (I did for decades) but don’t meet the need for upper-class signalling in the way that induction does.
minus-square@Raxiellink2•1 year ago Ordinary coil stoves are fine to cook on too It’s not their effectiveness that’s in question, just their efficiency. Obviously the conversion of electricity > heat is always the same (100%) but induction is better at getting more of that heat into the food rather than the surroundings.
For home heating and cooking, they’re definitely a good route.
Ordinary coil stoves are fine to cook on too (I did for decades) but don’t meet the need for upper-class signalling in the way that induction does.
It’s not their effectiveness that’s in question, just their efficiency.
Obviously the conversion of electricity > heat is always the same (100%) but induction is better at getting more of that heat into the food rather than the surroundings.