Futurism

439 readers

1 users here now

A place to discuss the ideas, developments, and technology that can and will shape the future of civilization.

Tenets:

(1) Concepts are often better treated in isolation -- eg: "what if energy became near zero cost?"
(2) Consider the law of unintended consequences -- eg: "if this happens, then these other systems fail"
(3) Pseudoscience and speculative physics are not welcome. Keep it grounded in reality.
(4) We are here to explore the parameter spaces of the future -- these includes political system changes that advances may trigger. Keep political discussions abstract and not about current affairs.
(5) No pumping of vapourware -- eg: battery tech announcements.

See also: [email protected] and [email protected]

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

troyunrau

Zamboniman

Cooking on gas stoves emits benzene | Stanford News (news.stanford.edu)

submitted 2 years ago by troyunrau to c/futurism

14 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Is this one of those things we will look back at from the future and say: "I can't believe that we did that?" like leaded fuel?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] WindoLicker 4 points 2 years ago

Part of the love for gas stoves is more or less cultural inertia, part of it is the fact that they are in some ways easier to use(the instant heat adjustment), part of it is sheer contrarianism, and part is some people worried about being able to cook even during a power outage.

Electric is pretty normal all over Canada, what I'd like to see is induction take over the standard electric range.