Would you buy a house without gas?
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Anonymous
No. Can't depend on just one source. |
Anonymous
| You can get solar panels and a gas generator. |
Anonymous
At first, I was thinking, whoa, yeah, that would be a huge problem if we switched from gas, but then I realized my coffee grinder needs electricity anyway, so I guess I'd be just as stuck for coffee in a power outage even if though I can still boil water. |
Anonymous
| Get solar and some back-up batteries and there is power for the fridge and a few outlets that will still run in the event of an outage. |
Anonymous
| Seeing as gas is bad for your health, yes. Get an induction stove, that's the only thing that matters. |
Anonymous
Why did you resurrect a thread from 2013 to say this? |
Anonymous
I'm surprised I had to scroll so far to see this point being made. |
Anonymous
When this question was posted 10+ years ago, I'd have said yes, it's a dealbreaker. Now I'm thinking that as our various gas appliances and boiler break, I'm ready to switch to all-electric and geothermal. I see not everyone agrees, though. https://wapo.st/3FZFTMS |
Anonymous
My gas does not work when the power is out. When a house is heated by gas it takes electricity to blow that heat around. nearly All modern stoves have a electronic pilot light due to safty concerns. If your stove is very very old or if you have very very expensive french oven then your stove won't work by design when the power is out. I do have gas and I like it, my only concern if my house were all electric is a house can be hard to heat when it gets really cold. I do have a cabin in the blue ridge and we have propane, but that is crazy expensive so we have electric heat. We do have a wood pellett stove, as the electric is not adequate when the temps drop very low. That stove lets out a TON of heat and heats the entire house. Might not be an issue these days here with global warming. WE do have a very spoiled feature, we have a gas line run out to our grill and never have to get propane tanks. I absolutly love that, but this is not a necessary luxury. As far as cooking that's NBD, you can always buy an induction range. Those are great! My next range will be induction and we will rip out our gas. |
Anonymous
Given that this post started 10 years ago, we shouldn't be surprised by the early responses. When I first started reading, I too was shocked that it seemed that no one was paying attention to the environmental impacts and kept mentioning how awful electric stoves were and no one was considering induction. So I looked at the date and saw someone resurrected this from 10 years ago. We are down to just a gas water heater in our house, after switching to an induction stove and heat pump from radiators. |
Anonymous
no no no. If you are a cook, all-electric is a deal killer. |
Anonymous
I am a cook, actually. My current range is about two years old, so I won't be switching to induction anytime soon (the greenest appliance is the one you already own, unless it's a refrigerator more than a decade old), but if professional chefs can cope, so can I. |
Anonymous
| We lived in an all electric house for 10 years. I thought I would miss having a gas stove, but I didn't, at all. Our electric heat pump and furnace were just fine, same with the hot water heater. In fact, I preferred the electric hot water heater. Our current one is gas and it SUCKS. |
Anonymous
Not true. At all. I've managed just fine. |
Anonymous
| yes, I would. prefer it actually. |