Depends on where you live. POTUS has already gone mute on the subject however
https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-bloom-energy-company-wants-to-bend-the-rules-again-milpitas-natural-gas-ban-all-electric-new-construction-buildings/ On Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 7:32 PM Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hmmm. Imagine just the cost of rewiring residential and commercial >> buildings for the subject matter...not to mention where we get the >> replacement energy. >> > > They are only talking about removing natural gas from stoves, where > it causes health problems. There is no need to remove it from water heaters > or furnaces, because they have chimneys. Most gas is used in space heating > or water heating. In a kitchen with a ventilation hood over the stove, > there would be no need to convert to electricity. I think new construction > regulations ensuring adequate ventilation will solve most of the problems. > > (I think many gas ovens are vented. Not sure about that.) > > Very little replacement energy will be needed because an electric stove > uses only a little more energy than gas. Modern electric stoves use > induction rather than direct heating, which is more efficient than > resistance heating. When the electricity comes from a natural gas fired > generator, it is obviously less efficient than direct use of natural gas, > but a lot of electricity these days comes from other sources such as wind > or solar. > > The only rewiring involved would be installing a 220 VAC connection to the > kitchen. In most U.S. houses there is already a 220 VAC connector to the > clothes dryer. Anyway, this would be for new construction. I do not think > anyone is considering a ban on gas stoves in existing houses. In new > construction it would cost nothing to put a 220 VAC connector in the > kitchen. > >
