• peterpan520@feddit.de
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    Electric stroves are common in Germany. Probably 95 % of the people have one. We don’t have nuclear power plants and we still have a stable grid ;-) just sayin’.

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      I live in the US and I’ve never been in a house or apartment with a gas stove. Maybe they’re more common up north where they use gas for heating.

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        They’re pretty common in more rural areas. My parents live rural California and they lose power for at least a week every year. A gas stove is a must.

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          Sorry, obviously not from the US. Is a week per year every year without energy common in rural areas? In Germany that would be outrages. On the other hand, Germany is small compared to the US.

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        They’re very common in the north east. I think I’ve lived in more places with gas stoves than electric.

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      We don’t have nuclear power plants and we still have a stable grid ;-)

      Yeah you burn coal, idk why you had to mention nuclear when their issue is that their grid is horrendously mantained becasue of greedy corporations.

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        So does Australia with its lobbied mining industry. Also Germany is close to reaching 50% renewables, surpassing Australia in their emission goals by at least several years

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          Cool I guess. Nuclear is clean energy though. Anyway, this discussion is quite off the rails of the original comment chain, which is why I mentioned the need to mention nuclear when it was quite irrelevant to the conversation.

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            Cool I guess. Doesn’t matter cause at the end of the day, electric stoves (esp induction) are still far superior to gas and definitely do not break the grid as above article claims.