On 7/5/2010 2:42 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>> On 7/5/2010 7:01 AM, Steve Pope wrote:
>
>>> I agree that an average gas stove leaks more BTU's than certain
>>> other stoves. But I'd guess it's no more than 20% different.
>>> So if a more efficient stove heats your kitchen 5 degrees during
>>> a given kitchen operation, the gas stove might heat it 6 degress.
>>> No big deal.
>
>> 1 degress is no big deal.
>
> Okay
>
>> The more bothersome is the heat radiated into
>> the face and arms of the cook. If I don't have a proper sized pan on my
>> cooktop, the heat coming off of it is easily felt.
>
> I feel some heat when cooking, but not enough to bother me.
> In fact it is useful sensory input, as it tells me hot things
> are getting.
>
> A more substantive problem is the propensity of gas burners
> to light hair or clothing on fire as you lean over the stove.
> I think this is more likely than with other types of burners.

Have you people no concept of personal safety? I've been cooking on both
gas and electric stoves for over sixty years and have never set my
clothing nor my hair on fire.
>
>> I also think it's also likely that a gas oven makes for an
>> uncomfortable kitchen because of the large amount of water
>> vapor it produces.
>
> This is perhaps true in humid climates.
>
> Steve

I still disagree about the water vapor a gas stove produces, I live in
an area where the average summer humidity is approaching 100% all the
time. That's why the deity invented air conditioning, to take the
humidity out of the air.