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Dan Sloane
kΔ@dans @paulk @harld The gas that is a mere 4.1% of our supply at this time while (mostly) Scotland 🏴 powers y’all with wind? Also 10.5% being imported from the EU for all the Brexit fans 🤭. Of course it does vary but still, there is often a lot of wind.
Juggling With EggsDespite meeting a fraction of our energy demands, gas sets the price 85% of the time I read this week. We have to drive out our reliance on that final amount - which is why rightwing parties funded directly or indirectly by fossil fuel interests constantly tell us we have to use every ‘cubic centimetre of gas left in the North Sea’…but we don’t actually domestically even use what we extract from there.
@JugglingWithEggs @kDelta @paulk @harld There's also a lot of us with combi boilers, so unable / not yet financially viable to switch to electricity only. When I looked at it when the old boiler died, not having a storage tank or space for one ruled out switching to ASHP. Apparently cooking on a gas hob is better too for some unexplained reason. 🤷♂️
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)@dans @JugglingWithEggs @kDelta @paulk @harld
Cooking on gas is better than traditional electric hobs (including ceramic ones) because turning down the gas reduces the heat going into the pan immediately. You'll notice this if something starts to boil over: turn down the heat on gas and it stops, turn down the heat on an electric hob and you need to remove the pan while the hob cools.
Induction hobs have the same useful property as gas (and are efficient and don't fill the house with combustion byproducts) but they're not compatible with all pans and so switching can be expensive. You can get little mats that convert non-ferrous pans to work with them, but I've heard conflicting reports on how well they work.