Hi Margaret, I, too, have had the bathrobe-sleeve-in-the-flame Experience. It was at least 25 years ago making French toast, but the memory rushes back EVERY time I light the stove. Always good to have the sink nearby. Glad you also had a good outcome.
On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 8:48 AM Margaret Olson <s...@margaretolson.com> wrote: > I am also a huge fan of induction cooktops. In listing their many > advantages Dennis omitted two: > - you can’t accidentally dip your bathrobe sleeve in the flame and light > yourself on fire (yes, sleeve under kitchen faucet put the fire out and no > one was hurt, but still…) > - no methane or other pollutants in your house for you to breathe. > > Faster and much more control are far more convenient than you can imagine. > The cooktops tend to have more range than the single burners: their “boost” > is higher and their low settings lower. > > I would also recommend replacing your gas with induction if you can > afford it. > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 2:25 AM Dennis Liu <bigheadden...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Fascinating, thanks for sharing. This small research study has certainly >> made headlines across the country, as many media outlets have picked up on >> it. I admit to some curiosity, as the news hit the big points, but without >> much context. So decided to do some simple arithmetic. >> >> >> >> From the cited study (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04707) >> itself: "For our methane emission measurements, we scaled our measurements >> to calculate the total amount of methane emitted from stoves overall, >> employing the usage patterns reported by Chan et al. and Zhao et al. >> (18,28) (see the Materials and Methods section). We estimated that an >> average stove (burners plus oven) emitted 649 [95% CI: 427, 949] g CH4 >> year–1" >> >> >> >> *So, 649 grams (or 1.43 pounds) of methane emitted by a stove per year >> (from both in use and when not in use). Is that . . . a lot? Is that . . >> . dangerous? One would think all of these news stories would provide this >> context, right??* >> >> >> >> *Google tells me that a single cow produces 220 pounds of methane per >> year. That means that a gas stove produces about 0.65% of the methane a >> cow does.* >> >> >> >> There are about 94.8 million cows in the US, and 43.4 million gas >> stoves/cooktops/ovens. Which means, overall in the United States per year, >> all gas appliances produce about 0.3% of the methane that cows do. >> >> >> >> Which is not intended to diminish the fact that, yes, anything that uses >> natural gas will generate methane - including those natural gas plants that >> generate the electricity used for electric appliances. Also, we should >> keep in mind, "According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), about 40 >> percent of total >> >> global methane emissions occur naturally from sources such as wetlands, >> geologic seepage, permafrost, and animal secretions. The remaining 60 >> percent of global methane emissions are anthropogenic (man-made), and the >> largest portion of these come from agricultural production such as raising >> >> livestock and rice production. Fossil fuel production, transportation, >> and use account for approximately 20 percent (~113 million metric tons) of >> total global methane emissions, and emissions attributable to gas power are >> about 3% (17 million metric tons) of the global total." >> >> >> >> Having said all of this, I cannot emphasize enough how much of a fan of >> induction cooktops I am. I will never use conventional electric cooktops >> again, and I would even switch from gas to induction when economically >> appropriate. Induction is that awesome -- its faster than gas, can be more >> controllable, and WAY, WAY, WAY easier to keep clean. >> >> >> >> HTH, >> >> >> >> --Dennis >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Lincoln <lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org> On Behalf Of Belinda >> Gingrich >> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 8:50 PM >> To: lincoln@lincolntalk.org >> Subject: [LincolnTalk] Gas leaks >> >> >> >> The induction stove top at the library is busy making rounds. I feel bad >> promoting these stoves when its next to impossible to buy a full sized >> range right now. Hopefully they will repopulate the stores with cars and >> cat food this spring! >> >> >> >> This article was in the NYT yesterday about a study which found gas lines >> and stoves inside the house were leaking methane even when the appliances >> were off. I shouldn’t have been surprised since we know there are huge >> numbers of leaks in the natural gas network leading to our houses but I >> hadn’t imagined they are in our houses as well. >> >> >> >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/climate/gas-stoves-methane-emissions.html >> >> >> >> Enjoy the snow! >> >> Belinda >> >> -- >> >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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