blackhead aka emptyhead <larryhar> wrote:
>
> I have found that although gas is cheaper than electric on a purely
> cost/energy basis, the advantage of gas over electric is lost if gas
> is ignited in the air to heat things since some of the energy is lost
> to the surroundings, whereas an electric element heating water gives
> all of its energy to the water rather than the surrounding air.


That's not true, not unless the electric element is submersed in the
water like with an electric tea kettle, and even then some heat energy
is still lost to the atmosphere. Electric stovetop elements waste
just as much heat energy to the atmosphere as gas, maybe more because
to minimize loss with electric the pan needs to be dead flat, not so
with gas.

So your theory is dead worng, as back assward as can be... you don't
cook much, if at all.

Buh bye!

SHELDON