Centrist take: If you can’t get a decent sear on a gas stove you need to learn how to cook.

  • @MacDangus
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    21 year ago

    I agree with your point, but I hope you’re not seriously buying into the whole “gas stoves are a health risk” bullshit.

    • ArugulaZ
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      21 year ago

      I have no opinion of gas stoves, although they would not be my personal preference.

    • @Raxiel
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      21 year ago

      I assumed the beef with gas (pun partially intended) was it’s burning a fossil fuel and releasing CO² whereas electric could potentially be drawing from carbon free sources.
      Not that gas stoves are a direct risk to the user (although the one in the OP might be if that’s the best it can do)

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      No? Really? You don’t think gas and its combustion byproducts can ever be bad for you?

      What are the known health effects from NO2 exposure?

      In a 1992 meta-analysis of studies on this topic, scientists at the EPA and Duke University found that nitrogen dioxide exposure that is comparable to that from a gas stove increases the odds of children developing a respiratory illness by about 20 percent.

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      In addition to acute effects such as asthma symptoms, long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure has also been linked to chronic lung disease and increased mortality in general.

      https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-health-risks-of-gas-stoves-explained/