Should Gas Stoves Be BANNED?

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's fact: The collars on men's dress shirts used to be detachable. This was to save on laundry costs as the collar was the part that needed cleaning the most frequently.

[@electrojag1]

very interesting!

[@khalilahd.]

Wait this is so cool. Why did we stop doing that?

[@Rithmy]

@@khalilahd. Maybe because we invented washmachines that lower the work significantly

[@benjaminhughes7264]

Hahaha wonder why👄💄

[@MadDragon75]

Should have had removable arm pits too. 😷

[@PulseCodeMusic]

Hmmm, I hate how loud the extraction fan is so I rarely use it. I think I will reconsider this position.

[@ZentaBon]

There are quieter options that are crazy effective but also crazy expensive. It's so effective and quiet that you have to consciously pay attention to the fact the noise level is not matching what you expect for the effectiveness. I have it on quiet mode and I can't smell the eggs I cook

[@MusicalRaichu]

you need to position it directly above the stove. if you positioned it elsewhere to make less noise, it won't be effective. i hope that clarifies the position issue.

[@Scott-sm9nm]

Optionally run the bathroom fan that will create airflow exhaust outside.

[@PulseCodeMusic]

Well... I checked it and the extraction doesn't go any where... it just blows around the room. I guess ill just open a window and run the bathroom fan.

[@Renee_R343]

@@PulseCodeMusic The point of these extraction hoods/fans is to only clean the air rising from the stove of the oily vapor from the food and also larger leftover particulates from the fire. They have replaceable charcoal filters inside them. Sadly this only helps so much. I used to not have one and the walls and ceiling in the kitchen turned brownish yellow over a decade of using a gas stove. The hood with filter, that keeps circulating the air is significantly better than nothing, but for best results the air should be directed outside.

[@kirknelson292]

This was an interesting video. I have an air purifier and noticed it always switches to "high" 10-15 minutes after I start cooking dinner. I guess now I know why. (Edit: I have a gas range)

[@coryascott]

My Dyson does that too. Unless I cook on low-medium. It’ll also do it when I scoop cat litter and dust gets in the air

[@billthecat129]

My turns on when i dust, clean, burp and fart

[@AdwaitBhagwat]

Does the air purify get rid off the cooking smell?

[@Valiyus]

@@AdwaitBhagwat Yes BUT it gets stored in the filter, eventually it can make the house smell bad because of the stored smells in the filter. You can fix this by cleaning out the filter but don't depend on it.

[@jonathanodude6660]

@@TheLastSaneAmerican depends on the food. most people find the experience of food particles in the air to be quite pleasant, especially since food particles are not damaging to the lungs. combustion products on the other hand, such as smoking oil, burnt carbs/fats/proteins and burnt natural gas, are all toxic and carcinogenic. thats more important to purify.

[@bruze8629]

One point against this that I havnt seen is the simple reliability, (I’m sure I’ll be corrected if wrong) but up north most houses use gas ovens and gas heaters, because when a winter storm or blizzard hits, losing power is common, but because gas lines are always underground they don’t freeze and always work under any conditions

[@Movie16Master]

I think you still need electricity to operate them. I don't entirely know if you could manually lite a gas stove, I don't own one and wouldn't recommend trying it, but I believe there are safety features in place that keep it from just igniting from a hot outside source.

[@zaak186]

@@Movie16Master you can manually light a gas stove even if there is no electricity (aka with a match). you can also have heat when there is no electricity.

[@bruze8629]

@@Movie16Master yeah idk about the last 5-10yrs of gas stoves but i know u can manually light the pilot lights on "older" ones. wouldn't make much sense if you have no way to manually light the pilot to me, i imagine there's even some simple push button that mechanically makes a spark or something like that

[@Digger-Nick]

This

[@carlosdgutierrez6570]

@@Movie16Master you can just use a match or even a lighter to ignite gas stoves, it isn't rocket science.

[@fintux]

You can also get a separate burner. They are very affordable even as induction versions. Of course when you have multiple pots and pans in use at the same time, it's not gonna fix the whole problem, and takes up space etc., but can still be a useful option in case one cannot afford to replace the whole appliance (or does not have the necessary wiring etc.).

[@phdonme1]

Yes sir induction is the best.

[@catmando3250]

The best at generating co2!

[@phdonme1]

@@catmando3250 wrong.

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

"Study finds more evidence gas stoves are bad for human health: ‘Worse than secondhand smoke." Face it, your only alternative to good health is to become a Liberal and go electric💀💀☠☠ First it was my incandescent light bulb, and now they want my gas stove?😆😅🤣😂

[@ArchinaGM]

Personally for me the idea of moving everything to electric is more of a cost hurdle than anything else. Especially right now in the UK when electric prices are soaring to absolutely ridiculous levels so those less fortunate are forced to use gas alternatives to not lose their house (with the current average electric bill for last year sitting around £2,000.)

[@PombalFranzOri]

Did the gas prices not also go to ridiculous levels in the UK? I'm in the Netherlands and my gas and electricity bill (it's a combined bill) has more than doubled, but that's mostly due to the price of gas. I pay about 4000 euros a year now and that's with the government putting a cap in place or it would be even more. I do have a gas stove but I want to move house this year and I'd definitely consider an electric stove in a new house. I have two small children.

[@ACommiieRabbit]

@@PombalFranzOri It has increased in the UK so I'm not exactly sure what hes on about. Gas rose by 126% compared to electrics 66% from 2022-23 (as far as I know).

[@tnijoo5109]

After having some health problems, I think of costs to aid in prevention of health issues in a completely different way. The cost of a new stove is small in comparison to the cost associated with potential health problems. Same for buying all organic food.

[@tnijoo5109]

I just read in another comment that they got an inexpensive portable induction stovetop burner at IKEA. 👍

[@CraftyF0X]

Don't you worry, the free market is here for you and it will sort your problem out..... any day now...

[@SkyGuardianHelmet]

In India, most use gas stoves instead of electric. And even if we have electric it's not reliable as there will be power outages(without warnings or reasons)💀... Atleast I have windows to open😅

[@tyler9359]

Unfortunately depending on where u live in India it might be better to keep ur windows closed

[@shandya]

Same here in Indonesia. Not only electric stoves are notoriously high in wattage (more expensive), but the electricity in our country is still mostly coal based. So using electric stoves might actually produce higher carbon footprint than using gas stoves lol.

[@ZentaBon]

Be careful in some area of India the air pollution outdoor is crazy, I looked on the air quality maps from curiosity.

[@Rageify]

Same in Lebanon. Actually, worse. Gas stoves are our only option currently. I haven't baked anything in 2 years, because my oven is electric 🥲

[@sl7sos]

@@ZentaBon they have one of the highest rate elder population so don’t worry about that

[@ZarHakkar]

Well, I'll make sure to have the vent on now whenever I cook, that's for sure. One of the reasons why I like having a gas stove is that I live in an area where there are sometimes power outages and it's reassuring to be able to cook and heat stuff even when the power is out.

[@ruinedlasagna]

Just remember to always keep a lighter or matches around

[@tomiannucci2661]

Isn't the starter electric?

[@atriyakoller136]

@@tomiannucci2661 well, as someone who has quite an old stove, I just don't have a starter on it. Matches.

[@catmando3250]

Retired electrical engineer here. Studied power engineering. Lot's of mistakes in this video. Electric is nice if you live in a warm climate area. But there are people that live in very cold climates, and use the gas stove as backup heat. Without this ability, people die. But more importantly.... An electric oven generates 3 times the co2 as a gas oven. shocking isn't it. If you have a gas stove and use 1 gallon of propane a week to do your cooking, then convert to an electric oven, the power company will have to burn 3 gallons of propane to produce the electricity you need to cook. Power companies operate at about a 35% thermal efficiency. Burning a fossil fuel to create heat is almost 100% efficient. But converting that heat to electric power and 70% of heat energy in propane is thrown a away as waste heat. This thermodynamic result was proven by the scientist Sadi Carnot about two centuries ago. It a direct consequence of the first and second law of thermodynamics. 1. Energy can not be created or destroyed, only changed in form. 2. Entropy in any closed system can only increase. The electric grid itself has typical losses of about 9%. But the heat engine all power plants use struggle to be better that 30% efficient. So it would be very beneficial to the planet if you got rid of your electric oven and got a gas oven. That calculation will tilt toward electric ovens if you are getting power from a nuclear power plant, or from a fossil fuel powered plant that is doing carbon capture. But carbon capture is many years in the future. The democrats are lying to you. Are you surprised? He is correct about benzene being a carcinogen. But benzene is a liquid at normal temperatures and won't "vent off" as a gas during normal operation. This is especially true if using propane instead of natural gas. Kevin

[@fabio.santos]

@@catmando3250 what about a country like mine ,that last month operate with 88,1% renewable energy?

[@heyimsquanchin5958]

I would love to see an updated video on what vaping does to the body, the last one was 4 years ago and now there is so much more research since they’ve been around longer.

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

There probably is one, but instead you choose to view a video about gas stoves. DUH!

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

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[@independentopinion1469]

I lived outside the U.S. when I was younger, we had gas stove and I never met one person with asthma until I met a girl from the U.S. that came to visit some relatives, I was about 17 at that time. After I moved to the U.S., I couldn't believe how many people suffer from asthma in this country ( including my wife of 30 years ). something very curious is that every time we visit places like Hawaii, Florida, The Bahamas and other hot and humid places, her asthma tends to fade away until we comeback to California, which makes me believe that is more of California air problem and not the gas stove. If, you have asthma and had visited any of these hot and humid places, have you had your asthma suppress as well ? And do other countries that use gas stove suffers from a lot of cases of asthma like U.S. as well?

[@petrmaly9087]

Air quality in places like the Bay Area or L.A. is horrible, kids don't go outside, they sit at home, no wonder people there suffer from asthma. you live in rural France, your chances of getting asthma are much lower.

[@serenevalor]

This happened to me. I was traveling to a humid climate for the first time. I was there for about 2-3 weeks and didn't need my inhaler once. It surprised me. A good friend of mine visited the Bahamas and she had something similar happen as well. She has gastro issues and for some reason, they disappeared during her trip. I always thought it was due to better air, less pollution, better food or just overall less stress. Would be cool to see a study done on this.

[@randybobandy9828]

Lmao. This is nonsense anecdotal crap. You think gas stoves are causing all the asthma? 😂

[@independentopinion1469]

No, I didn’t say that. I believe that it has to more environment and not the gas from the stoves. My wife asthma gets normally suppressed in Florida because of the humidity and she gets it back in California because of the bad air, that people wants to ban gas because they want to use as an excuse for their climate change agenda. Don’t you think?

[@blaisebroussard2134]

@@independentopinion1469 Agreed. Having an all-electric house makes you really dependent on the local or state-ran utilities. I live in a rural area with a gas stove and gas heater. I don't have asthma and neither does anyone else in the area.

[@Pospisk]

Anyway if you are a smoker, a gas stove is in my opinion the least of your worries...

[@Thebubballoo682]

One concern not addressed is the benefit of diverse energy sources supplying different appliances and utilities. When I had a gas stove and a gas water heater, I could still cook and take hot showers when the power went out. This was a huge win during major power outages that would last a few days. I miss it.

[@zoro4roronoa]

It's a valid point but the solution is easy. Just get a camping/portable gas stove. It can last for many days and it is very cheap. Also modern gas water heaters do need electricity.

[@effleurager]

Similarly to a gas outage, external utilities cannot avoid failure - if you're that concerned about outages, have a local backup source: propane tanks, or batteries.

[@jamesmortensen6819]

@@effleurager not an issue where I live, we have a propane tank.

[@cloudpoint0]

@@jamesmortensen6819 I live in a semi-remote area where propane tank refilling trucks can't reach most of the winter. I went with firewood and a super efficient wood stove.

[@echo-hotel]

I actually bought an outdoor gas powered shower for this reason. But year my asthma can’t handle indoor stoves. Really bad longs.

[@LLlap]

I grew up during the ussr dissolution. You would get massive blackouts. The gas stove was the only source of light and heat. We'd close the door to the kitchen and sit there for hours. For years.

[@joeyveldink4902]

I bought an portable induction stovetop at IKEA for €40. Simply plugs into an outlet. Since i don’t cook that much anyway it has practically replaced my gas stove altogether. Would highly recommend!

[@dZaq]

Where does that outlet get it's power supply from? In the US, it's mostly coal based power plants. You wouldn't even be making a scratch.

[@joeyveldink4902]

@@dZaq I know one induction cooktop won’t make any meaningful difference. It’s nice i don’t have to burn fossil fuels indoors anymore though,

[@dZaq]

@@joeyveldink4902 Good thing most Americans can choose.. oh wait 🤔

[@dZaq]

@@joeyveldink4902 Also, what about your neighbors? Your block/cul-de-sac. But props to you for doing something that is worth nothing more than a slow clap. Actual change has to be at a grand scale, otherwise your endeavors are useless.. And the way you phrased it, a bit selfish.

[@joeyveldink4902]

@@dZaq luckily not everyone is american

[@djled1013]

I have a gas stove and in the Northern parts of America, it's a little uncomfortable to open a window in the Winter every time you cook. ☹

[@jonathantan2469]

You should have an extractor fan or hood that removes the air to the outside of the house, and not just circulate it back. Even with electric stoves, cooking produces oil particles, soot from frying foods, and smoke. These are also bad in the long term when inhaled.

[@gljames24]

No matter what stove you have, you need a fume hood. We aren't cooking on open firepit or with chimneys anymore that vent away the particulates.

[@jonathantan2469]

It should be basic common sense that anything with a large flame in the house will need good ventilation & a hood that extracts the air to the outside...

[@AECommonThread2137]

I'm a realtor and fighting for my buyers on a bid and the seller says all of my hoodvent concerns are hogwash, lol. Sellers!

[@Phane02]

I live in a pretty old neighborhood, where we had 5 power outages (20+ hours) over the last 2 years. When the electricity goes out, the only thing we could cook with was the manual gas stove as everything else runs on electricity.

[@GenesisMuseum]

You could use a portable gas stove or gas grill for this. It is silly to use something 365 days a year solely because it becomes useful 1 of those 365 days.

[@arnie1046]

@@GenesisMuseum it's not unusual for people just to have had gas, I've known people to use it all their lives, not sure how you grew up but from my experience that's all people knew, I remember my parents using paraffin lamps.

[@ghostofsilence2697]

fair point but that also works in the inverse. lets say you run out of gas for your stove. you're not going to be cooking anything with it until you refuel. as is the case for a downed electric system, it will impact you until its fixed. in both cases depending on severity the lack of gas or electricity may be fixed within a few days or maybe a week or so. a few ways to mitigate this is to prepare for both. you could get a small generator, a portable electric stove (the really small ones), an outdoor grill, a pellet stove, etc. you dont need all of those things but you can make do with one of the other options to cover your bases for a few days if shit hits the fan. most of them you can get for pretty cheap too. so basically, do what works for you but be prepared.

[@greeny5155]

@@ghostofsilence2697 but, at least up north and in the mountains in the US, electricity goes out a lot. I think I might of heard of one time from someone throughout my whole life where gas was down for a short period; because of the simplicity of gas lines, they rarely have issues.

[@Xhopp3r]

@@ghostofsilence2697 Gas volume is measurable, and one can refuel before it runs out completely or right on time.

[@Tuzsuz12]

Luckily i use volcanic magma

[@volkoff6357]

If it's above ground it's called lava. Learned that from one of the bedtime books I read to my son; Oh, The Lava That Flows by Dr. Seuss.

[@Tuzsuz12]

@@volkoff6357 who said i used lava?

[@Zweig09]

Here in Tunisia about 99% of household are equipped with gas stoves, simply because they more economical to buy and use. With purshasing power in the sink and a low value currency most people can't get an electric one even if they wanted to

[@chrism3784]

Bought my house little over a year ago, has gas stove, replaced all appliances last summer, about 9 months living in the house, changing gas stove to electric, and never looked back. cooks much better and now finding out all this, glad I did. Also is more then just getting a new stove, have to get new wiring from the box to the kitchen and 220v 50 amp socket. Also also hope you electric box can handle the extra amps. Meaning can you run the dryer, the A/C, and the stove at the same time? If not, need new box and wires going from the entrance of the house to the box.

[@blaydee4982]

Its worth mentioning that if you have pets you may want to consider improving your ventilation or getting an electric cooker instead, especially if you have pets that have fairly sensitive respiratory systems like birds

[@DeadKoby]

Don't tell my birds... they've only been living here for 12 years....... when their lifespan in 10yrs. We have a gas stove, gas forced air heat, and a gas dryer.

[@john-smith.]

Too late....we have gone thru a few birds already......so that's why.

[@aurora6920]

same with lighting candles, the toxic smoke is not good for pets or people.

[@anubizz3]

Why you have pet in the begin with if you really care about healthy and environment?

[@blaydee4982]

@@anubizz3 wtf did you even say dude

[@kittyfamily777]

Adam Raguesa did a podcast episode on this. It's not as sensationally bad as articles make it out to be. Ventilation is always a good thing anyways

[@jamisongillespie3524]

We probably should require all vent hoods to vent outside and require them to turn on automatically when the stove is on.

[@princeofexcess]

​@@jamisongillespie3524 spread knowledge not regulation. regulation makes things more expensive and creates a bureaucratic cycle where more regulation piles on. it is also often out of date with science and has ulterior motives that are lobbied in by the companies. look how expensive Europe is getting and how difficult it is to run a business there. people can choose for themselves when informed. most people choose to harm themselves daily by eating poorly and that harm is much worse than a stove. everybody knows it's bad for them

[@jamisongillespie3524]

@@princeofexcess you obviously have never been inside a house if you think you can ask people pretty please do this and have any expectation it will done. People don't have a right to subject their family, roommates, neighbors and children to breathe in noxious air because they made an "informed" decision. Being against regulation writ large is an untenable position at best, and an idiotic one at worst.

[@princeofexcess]

@@jamisongillespie3524 you have a right to use electricity so you have the right to exactly that. you might disagree where the line is but thats about it. you cannot live without polluting. at least you cannot live without polluting and talk to me on a computer. its called being a hypocrite

[@jamisongillespie3524]

@@princeofexcess you don't have a right to electricity. You don't have to make others suffer through your actions. Your personal liberty ends the moment it affects someone else.

[@emmabunch-benson4795]

Great, another thing to be anxious and upset about whilst knowing there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it

[@rickytorres9089]

You might need to find, fight, etc for them but you DO have options. Just don't limit yourself to getting the entire stove replaced/having to blow $3000, but instead how you can eat in general. Everything from soule cookers to air fryers, to camping stoves, to toaster ovens, to an electric kettle to EVEN some foil and a cereal box may be at your disposal. :)

[@DeadKoby]

Just turn on the hood while cooking.........and stop worrying about it.

[@awesomedavid2012]

Then use that energy and focus on things you CAN change. Just pause and ask yourself, genuenly ask yourself, what would make your life better if you did it? And things will come to you. "oh there is that pile of clothes over there and I've had this book in the wrong place for a few weeks and I really should dust the walls" and stuff. Focus on improvement. It may not change the actual situation, but it will change your environment and by extension your mind and your life.

[@joe.nail1]

@@awesomedavid2012 reads Jordan Peterson once

[@kayligo]

You Can switch to an electric stove you’ll just have to spend some money.

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

You're wrong about no regulations inside the home, in many areas, if you're selling a house that has gas as it's main source, you must convert it to non gas before selling.

[@davidgriffin9412]

I lived in the same house almost my whole life. I'm 61. We have gas heat and stove. Our heat are gas fireplaces and little gas heaters in each room. Never had a problem.

[@rickytorres9089]

Before freaking out about having to drop $3,000 on an electric, you can always start small and worry about replacing the standalone stove later. Espeically if you are a renter. Toaster ovens, single/dual ranges and so on are always options and can be had BOTH for at/below $100. If you can thrift them that might save you even more money/easier to source.

[@MaxContagion]

from experience stoves aren't really needed at all. i haven't used a oven since 2018. when i do use the stove top it is only a single burner. rarely use that. most stuff i cook in the microwave. need to get better cookware for that though. my brother doesn't like using the microwave. any plastic cookware used in it gives the food a plastic taste. my tastebuds are sensitive. not that sensitive though. really should get rid of the oven here. being fully gas it heats the house even when its not being used. would likely make summers a lot more barrable without it. long outages would become a problem though.

[@rickytorres9089]

@@MaxContagion You can't rely on gas for outages, it's instafacture can fails during an outage just as the electric one. There's much better options out that make sense for "emergency heat" than simply hoping the stove and gas are still being supplied.

[@mascot4950]

Where is that price from, because that seems insane. I bought a pack with dishwasher, stove and induction top for less than half of that some years ago. Granted, some leeway has to be granted for currency conversion here, but looking at Amazon right now I see several induction cooktops for less than USD 500 (and portable single cooker solutions for less than 100).

[@linuxman7777]

Who the hell spends $3000 on an electric stove, at that price you can get amazing induction. A decent Electric range costs about $800 usd

[@MaxContagion]

@@rickytorres9089 yeah. everything can fail. with things a person life depends on its best to have multiple options. we do our best not to rely on heating or cooling as is. the house wasn't cooled at all last summer. even when on the hottest days, close to 100F. possibly over. can't remember that well. we barely run heating. the house is currently at 51F

[@gnotknormal]

I live in a rented house and have no choice on the oven. So we can't really get rid of it. I will keep ventilation in mind, but do you (or anyone) think that just reducing the use of the oven is also a good idea? We are thinking of getting an air fryer as they are cheaper to run. Would be good to know it would also be good for our health!

[@Znatnhos]

Renters are actually one of the bigger concerns for regulators because, as you say, they don't have the same level of choice as a homeowner, and since lower-income families tend to rent and live in more dense housing arrangements, the effects of those emissions are compounded. This is why most of the "bans" on gas stoves mostly just apply to new or renovated multi-family housing and apartments.

[@werdwerdus]

have you even asked your landlord? it's at least worth asking..

[@werdwerdus]

you can also purchase a table top induction burner pretty cheap

[@RaheemD]

Get an air fryer as soon as you can I'd say. They're cheaper, faster and if used correctly, tastier.

[@arnie1046]

@@werdwerdus sure they can ask the landlord, but others may complain, it's never that simple. In a perfect world yes but this world is far from perfect. Optimism is good but not always practical.

[@scarletspidernz]

As a single person in a rental switched from Gas Stove to Portable induction Stove, Mini oven, Multicooker and a Electric Wok between those four pretty much al cooking is covered, once you get use to the way everything cooks and what to use best you'll not miss Gas at all Good Pots also matter with induction, but work your way up slowly if you don't have the money, I'm on 5ply base to even out the heating at least 5ply all round including sides > 3ply all round > 5ply base only> 3ply base > Single thin steel

[@TheHJMR]

I hate electric. Living in Puerto Rico, where power goes out constantly makes the stove useless.

[@marvinbeutler2555]

Install a vent hood that actually vents to the outside. A hood with a filter vent that "cleans" the air WILL NOT WORK" Also while you are at it, install a bathroom vent that vents to the outside as well. Home air quality will improve drastically.

[@ArisaemaTriphyllum]

I just don't like them because I've lived with one too many ppl who accidentally leave the gas on... I was always knocking on my landlords door to let her know she left her gas on again and I lived below her! How was I smelling it before her? Luckily the tenants above her worked late and were rarely home when that happened.

[@DanielBrotherston]

It's crazy that north American gas stoves do not have a flame interlock. All the stoves I've used in Europe turn the gas supply off if the burner is not ignited.

[@amirmirzaei3940]

idk why this has all the sudden became a big deal, as someome who had gas stove for 13 years, hearing people freak out about seems weird. its like if someone told me that water is wet, yeah obviously.

[@billybobjenkins5625]

Bureaucrats pump money to universities to create studies that benefit the bureaucracy and its agendas. Academia is unbelievably corrupt. Wonder why they shoveled so many kids into college to increase debt and brainwash unsuspecting minds?

[@216trixie]

Sometimes we find out things we didn't know before.

[@amirmirzaei3940]

@@billybobjenkins5625 have you used a gas stove before buddy? I didn't need a study from academia to tell me that gas stove is bad. you would know that if you used it yourself. now you're on a whole different level of thinking its all corruption or something

[@billybobjenkins5625]

@@amirmirzaei3940 When did you first decide gas stoves were bad?

[@amirmirzaei3940]

@@billybobjenkins5625 from having experience using them.

[@Gravage]

Our house didn't even come with a vent hood and has a gas stove. We rigged a window fan in the kitchen full time that vents air out while cooking. I'd still rather have a good vent hood, though. I can't even imagine the cost of installing one, given the configuration of our house.

[@216trixie]

There are vent hoods you can install that don't require venting, they recirculate through a built-in filter.

[@Gravage]

@@216trixie Yeah, the biggest problem is the way they designed the cabinets and the microwave directly above the stove. There's almost no way to install anything like that without reconfiguring everything and I simply do not have the contracting skills.

[@zzoinks]

​@@Gravage do they sell fans that vent out the window through a pipe? Maybe they have some compact hood that can be attached to the pipe above the stove. Not sure if it would be effective

[@Mohawks_and_Tomahawks]

@@Gravage Dude, You're just making excuses, seriously. You are overthinking it. Heck, IKEA will sell you everything you need for a couple hundred dollars, and you can do it yourself. My wife and I just did ours last autumn. Cabinets/microwave over the stove is very popular, and simply to do. Your situation is not unique, in fact its super common. All companies and brand names make exactly what you need because it is so common.

[@jonathantan2469]

@@216trixie Those in my experience are not as effective. The filter has to be regularly replaced or the oil & soot buildup makes it near useless. And it doesn't remove the carbon dioxide & nitrous gases... it just circulates it. Botton line is external venting should be a must... whether you're using a gas or electric stove. The soot, smoke, and oil particles from cooking are also not good to breathe in...

[@DaveTexas]

I’ve wondered about this, but because I don’t have a gas stove - or any gas appliances - it’s not something I’ve felt I needed to research. When we bought our house 25 years ago, I wanted to swap out the 1970s-era electric range for a nice gas range. I also wanted to put in a gas line to our fireplace. Well, it turned out we have no gas service to our house. No gas service on our block, in fact. The gas company said we could have gas service put in but we’d have to pay for it to be run from the nearest gas main - $40,000. No thanks. So, we’re 100% electric here. 100% wind-power, actually. We signed up for 100% wind-power electricity a decade ago; it was a bit more expensive per kWh than fossil-fuel power, but the rate was guaranteed for 10 years, no matter what. That worked out in our favor since the cost of fossil-fuel electricity has increased quite a bit in our area. Plus we get to be a bit smug about being a 100% renewable-energy household. Except for our old cars…

[@TheMaskedRacoon1]

The gas stoves has natural gas (propane and butane) and ethyl mercaptan. Most of the combustion products are carbon dioxide and hydrogen oxide (water). Electricity comes from burning charcoal which is a much bigger pollutant than propane and butane.

[@migarciacaro1992]

Just when NATO is getting in trouble with the gas prices.

[@damjanp7920]

NATO, a military alliance, has trouble with gas prices? Are you okay?

[@Trident_Gaming03]

Thank you for including your sources in the description

[@Znatnhos]

The truth of the matter is, your gas stove isn't going to kill you. We've been using them for over a hundred years and they're a HUGE upgrade from the coal or wood fire stoves we used before that. The main focus of the "bans" being talked about are in new and renovated multi-family housing and apartments, where residents don't have a choice over their appliances and the densely packed living quarters mean those pollutants are much more concentrated. This also affects lower-income families disproportionately since they tend to rent rather than tie up hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single-family home. So, convert if you can afford to as it's definitely better for you, but don't be overwhelmed by all the fear-mongering. I'd prioritize an electric car over a stove if you're worried about harmful emissions from burning fossil fuels.

[@lostperfection05]

Thank you, this is by far the most reasonable comment on here.

[@SeanMac1776]

As a matter of fact there are heating systems with no exhaust at all. Natural gas can burn 99 percent clean. With small amounts of pollution.

[@moony2703]

As a short hand solution maybe you could consider getting portable counter top electric devices if you want to avoid cooking with gas as much as possible even if you still have the gas stove putting off fumes even while off, unless you say have a gas tank instead of pipes that you could get disconnected semi easily? I saw a video awhile back about someone who had a gas stove but was cooking with portable electric devices as much as possible simply because of the gas costs. If you do go induction stove just note that electric and induction are too very different things so people will want to note that when purchasing pots and pans for them, or considering if their old ones will work with an induction stove. My Mum’s pots didn’t work on the induction stove when we all moved in but thankfully mine did, as well as the old cast iron round frying pans. So now she just uses her big pot, that doesn’t work on the stove, for storing soup etc. in the fridge to free up the pot that does work on the stove. That being said would totally recommend induction for those wondering! Just a heads up so you don’t get caught out like we were.

[@camdenmacleod16]

I love how AsapSCIENCE tells it how it is, shows both sides, and shows under which circumstances a gas stove might be okay. All rather than saying "get rid of your gas stove immediately" like some other sources.

[@joe.nail1]

@@tripplefives1402 that’s a load of bs. Sorry libs but you’ll never take my electric stove

[@SkorpioVenom]

@@tripplefives1402 This is not true because electric stoves do not get hot enough to cause the reaction in air. Even the biggest home electric stoves cap out at around 900 degrees C, and that's on the largest burner at max heat for extended periods. Nitrogen dioxide and Nitric oxide form at a minimum 1000 degrees C each and forms in significantly higher quantities at higher temperatures. Gas stoves burn at around 2000 degrees C or more. Also: The nitrogen in the air is not "burning", because nitrogen is mostly inert (read: nonflammable, noncombustible). The heat of the combustion (which does not involve nitrogen) causes a separate chemical reaction to occur between the atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen, producing NOx.

[@bryantnecessary7719]

@H. Griff Than explain why the house needs to be cleared of animals when the electric stove is first heated. Idk where you got your info, but a simple Google search shows you lied about electric Temps. Don't feed the propaganda with ignorance. This is how it spreads so dangerously fast. Most electric stoves get over 1100° F. But again why ate supposed to release the toxic electric stove fumes into the home but not gas?? As someone who works around the product all the time. This video has lacking scientific evidence. All it has is speculation without proof. Go find the the proof!!!

[@otsokivivuori7726]

@@tripplefives1402 the pollutants that come from using an electric stove are from the food, like vaporized oil and the like (there is a reason range hoods have oil filters) that are also present when using gas stoves. Electric coil stoves don't get hot enough to make nitrogen react, and the coils are often under a ceramic plate making the nitrogen unable to even get in contact with the coil. And when counting induction, the stove doesn't get hot at all(conduction from a pan to the stove probably maxes out at ~50C/120F which you can touch briefly), which means there definitely is nothing that is hot enough to make nox. And before you say it, induction is fast both heating up and cooling down, faster than gas in many situations. It has been tested over and over again.

[@SkorpioVenom]

@@bryantnecessary7719 Do you know the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit? I'm assuming not, because 900C is much more than 1100F. For someone that works with these products all the time I would hope you wouldn't mix those up or your food is going to come out pretty atrocious. Ironically, you literally are quoting the exact same source as me, so I'm not sure where you got lost. Maybe you should have a basic understanding of temperature before chiming in? Also wtf are you talking about "clearing the house of animals" for electric stoves? Complete nonsense.

[@therealdeal3672]

Well I don't have a venting hood over my gas stove. And when I cook meat I can actually see the air pollution. And I'm sure the invisible air pollution is just as bad or worse. This makes me want to open my backdoor a whole lot more while I'm cooking. Don't have a well-ventilated kitchen, otherwise. I appreciate you helping us to become aware of the hazards.

[@JoelReid]

Important to note that some food products, need a high heat source over a large area that is difficult to achieve without an open flame. A good example is wok burners. however in professional restraunts with wok burners you will notice the stoves they use are often high efficiency and have excellent exhaust systems.

[@pervertt]

Excellent point. I frequently use a wok, and only gas does the job properly. I am fortunate in that I have an outside kitchen as back up. This is a single gas burner connected to a barbeque gas tank, located in a covered area on my deck. Outdoor cooking means everything including cooking odours easily get dispersed.

[@AP-hz8or]

well if you want to eat at a restaurant with all electric plan on waiting twice the time for your food to be cooked and the tase will never be the same , people just need a brain and stop listening to these green freaks even cooks and my doctors say it is going insane on these green agendas

[@JoelReid]

​@@AP-hz8or an electric system does work well depending on what you are cooking. My old stove was electric and cooked curries much better than my gas burner. but my gas burner cooks stir frys better than my electric.this is because curries need a slow cook, but stir frys need a fast cook. A quickly cooked curry tastes terrible. This is why many restraunts actually cook curries in bulk, then tell late customers they have run out rather than cook new batches.

[@dZaq]

It would be nice, but it's not based in reality. Banning gas stoves is not going to do anything when people are still using gas to heat the water, and luxuries like a gas fueled fireplace. Do you think people would stop using their propane/coal fire grills for BBQ's? The stove is an easy target because almost every household uses one. Not to mention, depending on where you live, an electric stove is going to cost you more than gas would. Again, if gas is the problem, go after the people who have outdoor gas fire pits, indoor fireplaces, etc... not folks with one gas burner to cook their dinner. It's the same argument we are having over electric cars. Make it affordable, or it's not plausible.

[@iLoveBoysandBerries]

Most people have water heaters, gas dryers and gas furnaces in the home that burn far more gas than a stove top

[@Farfetched.]

What about propane vs natural gas?

[@rgbii2]

I've been wondering the same. Did some googling, but didn't find much. :(

[@jodyknight]

they're both fossil fuels

[@joehuiras4955]

Hwat

[@lisecarolina]

@@jodyknight Not all fossil fuels are equal. Propane is not considered a greenhouse gas, so at least for the environment, it’s better than methane. I don’t know the impact on health. It might interact differently, so, it might be safer as well? But I really don’t know.

[@SkorpioVenom]

@@lisecarolina Its effectively the same. Slightly different combustion chemically, but of course still outputs CO2 and burns hot enough to cause the formation of NOx. The whole point of this gas stove discussion isn't about the type of gas used; its about the fact that any possible gas you use burns hot enough to produce toxic fumes which a pretty bad for you in a closed environment like a house. When used outdoors or with proper ventilation, these fumes are way less impactful.

[@nattokami9598]

As a Southeast Asian I find it hard to believe gas stoves play such a major role in asthma cases. Our elders have always used gas stoves yet asthma was extremely rare. Throughout my entire life, I have only known one person who had asthma and it wasn’t caused by a gas stove lol. I can only imagine the rising cases of asthma is caused by shitty air quality.

[@aimansoul]

This

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

People in Asia tend to smoke like chimney, so it's not surprising to find one that doesn't give a damn about their health.😆😅🤣😂

[@Jack-dz8nj]

The stress and frustration I get from cooking on electric stoves is probably far worse for my health than the chemicals

[@firingallcylinders2949]

Yes..they blow. Watching my sister cook with gas it looks so nice and it's so much faster.

[@badhooch]

Go induction

[@caromalf]

Um, I cook on electric induction stove every day. What "stress and frustration" are you talking about? You just have to learn to do things a little bit different.

[@henrylo6773]

​@@caromalf try cooking an Asian crispy egg. I've bought 3 different electric stoves highest being 2000 watts. None can even make egg crispy while yolk is wet. In fire stove, it's super easy.

[@caromalf]

@@henrylo6773 never had that, looks interesting. So is the issue is that the oil won't get hot enough? 2000W is that the total output of the top or the highest zone you've used? Most booster zones will go over 2000W on booster

[@clutch7366]

Of course the concentration is higher inside of the house, you’re inside a enclosed space so the concentration will naturally be higher than outdoors. Also, cars interiors emit benzene all day long in the hot sun, especially when you turn the AC on after being parked in direct sunlight for a while. That’s also where the “new car smell” comes from. It’s an endocrine disruptor.

[@APoxyR8]

Our house was built in 2017 and gas appliances are standard because natural gas is cheaper than electricity (Alberta). But all the new homes have hood fans that go directly outside. The builder couldn't emphasize more about how important it is to use the fan while cooking and leave it on after the fact. Even when using the oven. They also told us to turn the central exhaust fan all the time when cooking (relative new houses have a random switch in living room or open space that controls a fan in a bathroom usually upstairs and furnace fan. This set up helps circulate and exhaust inside air, reduces humidity and keeps home be cooler in summer days) i wonder if an ERV helps with this too.

[@awdrifter3394]

I guess gas stove is the new ammo, got to stock up before they are banned.

[@damjanp7920]

you're gonna do what, hoard gas stoves in your garage?🤣

[@awdrifter3394]

@@damjanp7920 if anything going to break is going to be the burners and the ignitors, I'm to get a few sets for back up.

[@Tech_Enthusiast_001]

Living in a country where pretty much 100% is electric, I always thought gas stoves would be a thing of the past. Like 50 year and more in the past. Why the hell would people use that, if you can have a much cleaner and healthier version, that does not cost any more? I don't get it?

[@boosti_alex1428]

Gas cooks better and is more reliable where power often goes out.

[@Tech_Enthusiast_001]

@@boosti_alex1428 Well, but it does not cook any different and if power goes out often, you are (hopefully?!) not in the US,.. or does the US also have power outages often enough to warrant killing your lungs and hearts?

[@abecore]

@@Tech_Enthusiast_001 "Killing your heart and lungs". 😂 You are such a naive dork. Go take your 5th and 6th booster like a good little techie.

[@erickm4167]

No.

[@milhouse14]

In the Philippines, many condominiums have already banned gas stoves. They're just not safe.

[@NickTheGreek1309]

Just a note about emissions. In places where most of the energy comes from natural gas combustion, using gas to heat up your food directly is a lot more efficient. With gas stoves, natural gas is burned at the stove, its chemical energy turns into heat, which heats up the food. When using electric stoves, there are many more steps involved: natural gas chemical energy is turned into heat, the heat spins a gas turbine to produce mechanical work, this mechanical work is then converted into electricity, which then gets transmitted to our home, to be converted into heat again. Having so many energy conversion steps means that entropy is working against us and many losses of energy are unavoidable in every step. We end up releasing a lot more CO2 into the atmosphere and using a larger quantity of gas, albeit not inside our home.

[@paullupton8553]

No

[@beardiemom]

As a healthy person who has a gas stove right next to a large window, I feel like for now, keeping it is our best choice over replacing it. Once our stove ages out, I'll likely go for an induction model instead, though.

[@KrowiakRoger]

got induction for few years and it's great. Instant heat, energy is used only directly under the pot, so no waste on sides.

[@beardiemom]

@@KrowiakRoger Yeah, when we have the means to get one, induction is definitely my choice!

[@Aderin.]

Oh well, I'm using it anyway

[@DBrentWalton]

Depending on your style of cooking, you might want to try cooking on an induction stove first. Also, keep in mind the replacement costs of pots and pans for ones that are induction capable.

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

Living up North, and having a gas stove next to a window, large or not, doesn't help in the dead of winter, just so you know.

[@FerociousPancake888]

I can almost guarantee that someone or some group entity with a ton of money and an ulterior motive pushed this HARD. This happened when like 3 people died in 2019 vaping bootleg vape cartridges from China and big tobacco went absolutely wild campaigning against nicotine vapes.

[@hunterthorne4671]

I have lived 25 years and have been in countless kitchens, and I have never once seen anybody with a gas stove

[@SargentRestoration]

What part of the world?

[@darkprince56]

There is also a danger of making us entirely dependent on electricity. What happens during wartime or if our electrical grid is attacked? I have a clay oven in my backyard for emergencies.

[@DigitalicaEG]

I love my gas stove, between pollution and giving up my gas stove I would choose my gas stove .

[@mw66683]

If it's winter time and there's a power outage, you'll want something to keep you warm.

[@justincombs7433]

More so the ability to boil water easily if need be. If you're power goes out in a winter storm, that means no hot water as well for those with electric water heaters. With a gas stove, you can start a pot of water to boil for bathing or cooking. The electric grid is barely hanging in there with demand in some places and now theres a push for more.

[@BubbaSimp]

Lived in a house with gas stove ALL MY LIFE (I'm in my 30's) so far never had a single issue same for my family and elders who also had gas stoves, not to mention it helps your wallet. Here in my city is extremely rare to find something that is based off electricity, If anything finding a stove that uses electricity is something that we consider old/outdated. Gas or electricity we are still not doing any good to the environment but guess what?, it's what we (humans) are pretty good at doing... ruining everything around us.

[@triton6490]

Just because it didn't affect you doesn't mean the risk isn't there. Your lungs would be healthier without it. Either way, as long as you have ventilation ur fine

[@inaythankyou761]

If it's already been asked, sorry for repeating: What type of gas is used in US gas stoves? Because there's propane, butane, methane... just wondering. Philippines uses LPG tanks, and i think it's a mix of propane and butane?

[@rugvedmodak7436]

Please discuss about different gasses used in gas stoves such as - syngas, natural gas, propane, butane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). They each produce different side products which needs to be taken into consideration.

[@pragyanadhikary1741]

In India probably 95% of homes use gas stoves. (95% of people not using firewood)

[@gs1447]

Nope. 54% households use firewood and cowdung

[@216trixie]

And half the people don't use sanitary toilets in India.

[@pawelzybulskij3367]

I heard they use kerosene for Cooking in India.

[@pragyanadhikary1741]

@@216trixie context?

[@pragyanadhikary1741]

@@pawelzybulskij3367 yes, in some places it's still used. However kerosene is getting out of fashion

[@timshull59]

Life causes cancer

[@LizaAgapova]

I mean we used to heat our kitchen using gas stove 😬

[@Alexcutspie]

oh no

[@Kairi1416]

For places that have unstable power grids (like where I'm from) gas stoves allow us to cook even when there's no power. It's literally the only reason I have one...

[@rabbitadventurous9441]

Aww shucks! i only learned about this now right after my parents replace an old gas hob with a new one. It's so hard to talk to my parents about switching to induction despite all the good it brings.

[@akwyld2545]

With gas stoves it serves as one of two things: 1) helps cook for and boil water during a blackout 2) u control the flames and the power

[@user-cx5jj2yv3p]

An induction stove does allow you to control heat almost immediately. As for blackouts, you are better off with gas, as not everyone can afford a backup generator

[@asthmatictuna]

1) get a camping stove for black outs 2) use the dial on electric stoves that controls the power :)

[@MorningMage]

Me cooking a pancake on a gas stove right as I see this video 8 minutes after upload: 👁👄👁

[@chocolateshogun2511]

Did you survive? 🤔

[@MorningMage]

@@chocolateshogun2511 update after 35 minutes: I seem to have survived the ordeal. For now.

[@Flaeor]

Thank you for this! Could you please do a part 2 or separate video on how air purifiers could be used to filter these toxic gases? It's a temporary solution, but may be a holdover for people who can't afford to switch to an electric stove. I started researching active carbon filters to see if they might help, and I'm feeling overwhelmed.

[@atra7812]

I think you should put a disclaimer that this applies to LNG (natural gas). A lot of people, specifically outside of the USA use LPG (petroleum gases as propane and butane) not LNG. LPG burns a lot cleaner than LNG.

[@Nivexity]

It's not about health, rather it's about availability and cost efficiency, by being focused on health and the environment, you forget about the reality of trying to bring people out of poverty by producing the lowest cost for energy. If gas stoves are providing a cost effective means to households, then that's a good thing, your video is the reason why people do not trust the "virtues" of people who assert to stand for science, they stop standing for people.

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

The idea of the establishment is that everything goes electric, the vast majority of people will have neither the option to make electricity, nor to store it and will be at the absolute mercy of whoever controls electrical network. Just think about it, it's one single source of energy. You used to have combined central heating, could use either coal, wood or oil, your stove runs on gas, you could have a two years stock of gas very easily, cars, obviously ran on gasoline or diesel. You could stock up on any of these fuels, except of course if you live in an apartment in the city, but even so, you can have a month worth of stock of pellets for your small pellet fireplace, that's sufficient so you won't freeze in the winter. Going electric all the way is a wonderful idea on paper and I get it, but the risk of someone manipulating the market is extreme, while the risk of grid failure would have unprecedented consequences. In the middle of the winter, if you have a wood fired furnace and a gas stove/oven and the electricity goes out, you'll be fine, even for a month, just annoyed you can't use the internet or watch TV. If everything runs on electricity, your "smart" home goes cold, can't prepare food, you'll consume all the food that doesn't need to be cooked within a day and then you'll starve. The price manipulation is vastly easier if there is only one item, it's almost impossible to manipulate or monopolize electricity, coal, wood, gas, oil, all at the same time, because the price of one source is a balance against another. If there is only one source of energy, that's effectively monopoly. Trust me, you're much safer with gas, but for god's sake, use common sense and ventilate, you'll be fine.

[@random2wins570]

You can use gas stove during electrical outage +1 over Electrical stove

[@vixxito]

I've seen this comment popping up a lot in defense of gas stoves and to that I say fair, but in this case/video is being talked as a common usage of gas stoves, not during an emergency.

[@DanielBrotherston]

@@vixxito Yeah, but also...like, where do you all live that having a cooking appliance during a power outage is an important feature. LIke...I rarely have power outages...maybe every couple of years for a few hours...and I can like...eat a sandwich for that one dinner...it's not a big deal.

[@Shuizid]

If you expirience power outages so often you are afraid it impacts your cooking, you might need to ask your politicians what the heck is going on? However if those politicians are something like texan republicans, you might be screwed.

[@jodyknight]

@@DanielBrotherston we had multiple power outages last year here in Queensland Australia due to severe storm damage and flooding, one was 10 days!!

[@justincombs7433]

@@DanielBrotherston winter is a b-word. Also, if a natural disaster does occur, it's good to have an option to boil water for drinking or cleaning wounds.

[@cardonethemagician]

This channel is owned and paid by youtube.

[@Script3dR3ality]

That's for damn sure.

[@SonicHawk90]

Problem is, in our country we have loadhedding or rolling blackouts. This means that after you get home from a long day of work, you might not have electricity to run a electric stove until later in the evening. Gas is much more convenient and also makes you less dependent on the electrical company, which in turn has to burn coal in order to produce electricity.

[@justsayno71]

I worked as an air pollution engineer for 30 years, this guy is making all these claims and has no idea what he is talking about.

[@logancrawfis4635]

The other important thing to note is that electric ranges are incredibly more efficient at transferring heat to what you are wanting (the cookware) instead of the rest of the area around said range with induction being >90% efficient

[@linxdeal]

Electricity is almost 100% efficient when converting to thermal energy. The problem is energy density depending on the how the electricity is generated. Imagine heating an RV using propane fuel vs using a lithium battery.

[@tjiddenl]

100% efficiency is not really possible. But a lot of kettles are 90%, while most induction stoves are 85%. The other ones are about 74% Which is still better than gas, which is around 40%. Even if you don't believe in climate change. You are wasting 60% of your money you use to run a gas stove that is huge.

[@TopDawg-ov9ps]

@@tjiddenl Don't we need to consider the thermal energy expended to create the electricity that you are using though? As mentioned in the video, most elecricity comes from fossil fuels anyways.

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@tjiddenl "Even if you don't believe in climate change" yes, because the electricity on your induction top is just being generated out of thin air, not by coal and natural gas...

[@farmerlucas1853]

Electricity production is at maximum 50% efficient, at least when talking about fossil fuels. Including transmission losses, gas stoves are around if not more efficient.

[@orome9793]

Why is this suddenly a huge issue that is going to kill you and your whole family? Smells like spreading fear and panic in order to push policy...

[@randybobandy9828]

Propoganda

[@josephback-upaccount6116]

Biden doing his best to DESTROY American prosperity and energy industry. But that is probably what those in China who control him want. Oh look, a balloon that they can't or won't shoot down.

[@XSpImmaLion]

For people a bit in doubt to dip in the induction cooktop world full bore, here's my tip: there are one "burner" portable induction cooktops meant for camping that are waaaay cheaper than just replacing your entire range. It might be worth a test before diving in. I'm not sure why pricing is set up like this, or if this is even true worldwide, but at least where I live, they are way cheaper. Bonus point if you already camp/glamp, or perhaps has a use for a separate portable mini stove elsewhere in the house. You can use it, for instance, to keep things warm in the dining table, or as an electric kettle of sorts if you can find a good kettle that is compatible with induction cooktops, which I still didn't manage to find myself. :P Because truth is, this exchange is pretty hard for people who are too used to gas ranges. You'll have to find a replacement to the stove itself, which for some cases it could be done with a simple air fryer, but for big families you'd likely want an electric stove instead, or a big form factor air fryer. As for the induction cooktop, timing and control to make your food will be different, you might need to replace your entire cooking set depending on shape of pans and pots and the material they are made of, and you lose the ability to make anything that relies on an open flame, obviously. Different to the general "magnet test" that is often recommended for people looking at induction cooktops, I highly recommend getting a set that was specifically made with induction in mind... because it's not only about the material being ferromagnetic, it also needs to have a flat enough surface to make full contact, and even materials that seems right for the job could have performance issues. I once bought a pan that was advertised to be compatible with induction, and it did pass the magnet test, but when I got home with it, it simply wouldn't work. The cooktop turned off an on, and the pan would only get lukewarm even at full power... that's because the bottom of the pan had all these grooves and detailing work to look pretty, but it actually interfered with the induction. So, be careful about that. A few grooves are ok, but not too many. It's plenty doable though, as long as you are ok with the learning curve and get creative to do the stuff that can't be done with induction. I've had an induction cooktop for almost 10yrs now, and my mom who is past her 70s and always had gas stoves moved to a smaller apartment recently, saw how I dealt ok with induction, got one herself, and adapted to it pretty easily. She doesn't cook much these days, but so far no complaints of not being able to do something she did before with gas ranges. Needless to say I made the choice long before these health risk studies came out... for me it was all about convenience and security. Induction can be a whole ton faster than a regular gas cooktop, and you usually have up to 10 levels of control plus a "keep heated" setting that is pretty convenient. Security needless to say, you don't have a gas line that could leak... I've seen too many close calls on this to ignore. Now, to be fair, I think the whole thing is a bit alarmist. I think it's a needed and necessary study, but perhaps because of the environmentalist angle, some publications are making gas ranges look much more dangerous than they actually are. Of course if the objective is to emit less pollutants or less greenhouse gases, electric will always be better than gas, no doubts there. But for health, I think we need a big body of studies and meta-analysis before jumping into conclusions, plus people have not only been cooking with gas ranges for a very very long time, in my mom's case she started with wood burning stoves. There's also the price consideration as induction cooktops for kitchens can cost quite a lot, and then there's the investment on set of pans and pots, then the learning curve, then the fact that people who are used to gas might not ever get the exact same results with induction, if the dish can be done at all. Proper ventilation can likely mitigate a lot of problems there, so depending on situation, it might be just more cost effective to go that way instead of trying to replace everything. All I'm saying is that if you ever thought of trying induction... well, it's pretty cool. Everyone that has seen me using it thought it looked more practical and safe. They just stopped considering it once I told them the price and other requirements. :P Just keep in mind that I'm on a developing nation, so perhaps it's not that much more expensive where you live... or perhaps it's even worse, I dunno. :P

[@TheBoomshine]

I'm surprised at how many people are surprised by this. I thought people knew it was bad but were kinda just going for the convenience aspect. Wtf did people think was happening with gas being burned in a closed space??

[@meak13]

Ok... the real problem at hand is that electric stoves don't cook the food as well as gas stoves do... you no longer have control of the heat, a number setting is nothing at all similar to raising or lowering a flame, it completely changes the taste of your food, for the worse not the better.

[@athilsageer]

I live in India and power outages are pretty common and unpredictable here. I can't imagine relying on electric stoves. Also, in 2018 and 2019, my state (Kerala) faced deadly flooding and we did not have power for more than a week. Am I supposed to die of starvation in such cases? I'm all for conversion to green energy. But having lived through these difficult times, I would vouch for green tech only where it makes sense.

[@rogaineablar5608]

I dunno. If you have a perfect blue flame, I think you're pretty ok on the nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide. All the places I've lived have had externally-venting fans and in my condo, it even had a negative pressure fan on the roof (which is still pulling air even when my range hood fan is off). I recently converted to an electric stove and I regret it.

[@meinelust]

If you want to go electric, then you need to go induction. Regular electric stove suck at cooking anything other than instant ramen noodles.

[@SkorpioVenom]

Blue flame actually would mean NOx is definitely present as it is the temperature of the flame that causes it to form, not the combustion itself. Blue flame means the gas is burning completely which produces more heat.

[@Nogu3]

As a chef in the industry (ramen, 7 years now) i couldn't ever get rid of my gas stove, I understand the upsides to induction but until they make one that can properly heat a wok its just not something im considering.

[@phillip4213]

Bro chose the wok over his health . Respect

[@Parallellook]

if that were really the case, I think someone would have noticed earlier seeing that all quocks die after a week in the kitchen but... coincidentally it's not like that so the research is biased. they didn't start out like scientists to record data and then draw conclusions but rather they started out like journalists. They chose what they wanted to find and then looked for it, ignoring any data that didn't support their pre-established thesis.

[@seana806]

Since I live in the Southern California area where gas stoves are common, never met anyone or knew anyone who has asthma from using a gas stove.

[@percyp6968]

As gas technician one thing to mention is that gas heating is around 4x more efficient than electric heating so unless the energy source is renewable it is literally using 4x the fossil fuels to turn your stove on

[@evelyncortus6357]

Dang I was team gas stove for so long because of the control over my cooking. But health and environment matters way more than learning how an electric stove works

[@nigelcrits]

Virtue signal much?

[@anidiotsguide757]

As a Swede, I find it quite shocking that gas is so commonly used in normal households across the world. We don't really use gas at all because...why would we?

[@mncdssctn9110]

Some old buildings still do. Watch some of Edward Blom’s cooking videos for instance. He has a gas stove, and Mannerström as well. But that may be consious decisions since many chefs seems to think it makes the food better.

[@DanielBrotherston]

Up until recently (like the past 20-30 years) it was the cleanest most economical way to heat a home in cold climates. Efficient electric heat pumps that are capable of operating in -10 to -20 C are a relatively recent development. Prior to that the choices were coal, oil, gas, or very very expensive electrical resistance heating. So many places have invested heavily in gas pipes because gas was the best option. Fortunately technology has improved and now both heating and cooking can be done much more efficiently with electricity. Curious though...what did Sweden typically use for heating 30 years ago? It's a cold climate, I know heat pumps are pretty common now, but 30 years ago they wouldn't have been as available as they are now.

[@onychophorawesome]

IKEA has a mini portable induction cooktop thing which is relatively cheap compared to getting a whole new stove. Fine if you only use one hob for most things.

[@yael9137]

I think they might even have a double hob option too!

[@216trixie]

Hob????

[@yael9137]

@@216trixie British English for stove top or cook top.

[@216trixie]

@@yael9137 Thanks

[@mackea1]

I live in a small apartment. It had a really old gas stove. The pilot lights were constantly burning. We moved in a couple of months ago. I felt sick for the last couple of months. I started getting headaches and shortness of breath regularly. Then one day I smelled gas! A lot of gas. I called the electric and gas power company and they came and checked it. We had a big gas leak in our stove from negligence. They turned off the line and stove and helped me call the landlord. They explained that this stove needs repaired or replaced ASAP. And we considered unusable until it was changed. The landlord bought a new stove! It is still gas because it would cost more to add an electric plug for an electric stove. But it is at least new and no more constant burning pilot lights. And no more headache unless I cook.

[@sujaykadam99]

Its kinda funny that all the problems of gas polluting the air in the house can be solved by just placing the range before a nice window, a common practice in India at least.

[@Dr.Gehrig]

I made it a point to buy an induction plate off ebay. Pretty cheap (though resistance electric options are even cheaper) and haven't used gas since.

[@ivanlawrence2]

Thank you for communicating this info clearly and effectively! I've heard "gas stove is bad" before but not "it's like standing on a freeway in an industrial zone"!

[@brunoblattlicht7081]

Haha makes me think that they only own a gas stove to only talk about how bad it is.

[@ivanlawrence2]

@@brunoblattlicht7081 Could be, but the info is still true, even if it's just a film set.

[@Pelliq_E]

I'm gonna show my mom this video. She recently asked me if we should get an electric stove.

[@edanthonydelosreyes8139]

Ventilation I'ms the key... This is just bs

[@F239141]

So if I make a video saying an electric stove is going to kill you then what will you cook with, unicorn farts?

[@Jalex92]

FACT CHECK: 3:20 Combusting methane does not create nitrogen dioxide. Methane is CH4 (Carbon Hydrogen), so unless your stove is a nuclear reactor, you can’t make nitrogen nor oxygen. Nitrogen dioxide sounds like a contaminant/refining issue that can be easily resolved.

[@MrKane101111]

As a South African, this is such a bummer to hear about. We literally converted to gas about a month ago for our flat. Reason why? In South Africa we have electricity shortages and a daily thing called "Load Shedding". During that time, there is no electricity, and thus can't make food. To solve this we switched to gas and it's been great. Health wise, we will have to start opening the window (which is a pain because of the burglar-bars that prevent it being opened easily. Regarding environmental impact: even when SA does have power, it comes from coal, so our gas likely has as-bad impact. Sigh. I look forward to us solving these problems.