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New York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program (citylimits.org)
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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I wouldn't assume the pumps moving that gas would keep working for an extended outage. If an outage lasts that long, it's usually over a big area.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    In the last 15 years, my electricity has been out for 10+ DAYS three different times. Gas doesn't stop.

    In fact, 2 out of 3 homes in the neighborhood have Kohler style natural gas whole house generators.

    There's plenty of reasons to hate gas, but that ain't one.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Surely someone's got an example of natural gas service failing during an electric outage?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Not really. The problem isn't that gas is somehow unreliable, it's actually that gas doesn't scale at all. It's a massive expensive infrastructure change and it's not flexible - you need gas. Electrical stoves can be powered by solar, wind, propane, etc; gas only works on gas.

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