Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: common house kitchen stove

[R Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

Why not gas?  Many people think it cooks better and faster, and compared to 
electricity's combustion exhausts and inefficiency of transmission losses, is 
also kinder to the environment.  Electricity may seem "clean" at your house, 
but what happens to make it and get it to your house can be pretty horrific.

I know of several off-the-grid communities that get the electricity they need 
from solar or project-specific hydro — but still ship in propane tanks, because 
it's the only way they can generate enough heat, fast enough, to cook a meal.

RPD

On Mar 15, 2013, at 11:22 AM, donaldtpan [at] netscape.net wrote:

> We are trying to decide what stove/oven to put in our comon house at 
> Belfast Area Cohousing. We have decided not to use gas in our 
> community, so does anybody have comments or advice, either positive or 
> negative, about electric models? Thanks for taking the time to let 
> usknow your experience.
> Don Pan
> Belfast Area Cohousing
> 
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