"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 03:05:58 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 8:46:43 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 3:38:26 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> > "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>> > news >>> > > On 2/19/2020 12:11 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> > >> My mom bought me a new one from Lowe's. The choices were few as I
>>> > >> needed
>>> > >> electric and didn't want a flat top. I could not get bisque to
>>> > >> match my
>>> > >> other appliances. Although it appeared to be available online, I
>>> > >> was told
>>> > >> they could not order it and I should go with white and when needed,
>>> > >> replace my other appliances in white as well. This is the one I
>>> > >> got:
>>> > >>
>>> > >> https://products.geappliances.com/ap...pecs/JB258DMWW
>>> > >>
>>> > >> It has buttons in the centers of the burners that prevent the
>>> > >> burners
>>> > >> from being turned on with no pan there. They also prevent the
>>> > >> burners
>>> > >> from overheating. My mom didn't pay that price but after adding a 3
>>> > >> year
>>> > >> warranty, delivery and a cord, it added to about that much.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> So far so good but it seems to get a lot hotter than my old one.
>>> > >> The
>>> > >> burners have more settings than my old on and even on the lowest
>>> > >> setting,
>>> > >> the food continues to boil. Can't get a low simmer. Oven seems
>>> > >> hotter too
>>> > >> and different proportions. Wider but not as high from top to
>>> > >> bottom.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> There's a push to get away from the use of natural gas here. That
>>> > >> could
>>> > >> be why Lowes had so few gas ones on display. Mostly they had the
>>> > >> flat top
>>> > >> and I freaking hate those things.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Made pot roast for dinner. Did the meat on top of the stove and
>>> > >> roasted
>>> > >> the veggies in the oven with a little beef broth. Should have
>>> > >> cooked the
>>> > >> meat a bit longer but we were hungry so we ate it as is. Good but
>>> > >> could
>>> > >> be a touch more tender.
>>> > >
>>> > > The button idea is a good one. I agree, I don't like the flat tops.
>>> > > I'm
>>> > > glad we have gas here though.
>>> >
>>> > They're trying to outlaw gas here. Soon nobody will be able to use it.
>>>
>>> That's weird. I guess it's because it's a fossil fuel. Interesting. The
>>> US has an abundance of natural gas and now we can't use it. Are they
>>> trying to get rid of propane gas usage too?
>>
>>It's about climate change. Julie's electricity is likely hydro.
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
> Possibly during spring when water is freely flowing, not during winter
> and summer months. There are areas in NYS that rely on hydro but only
> during spring... during winter water freezes, during summer water only
> flows during neavy rain. The creek in front of my house used to power
> mills that produced wooden spools, clothespins, buttons. etc. They
> became very inefficient as population grew, those mills closed over a
> hundred years ago. The point is that hydro is very unreliable.
> There's a road near here named Red Mill Road, a hundred years ago
> there were many water mills along that road, now they are just
> rotting. It would cost a lot more to maintain those mills than any
> electric power they'd produce. Some of those old buildings were
> converted to storage for farm equipment and hay bales.

Our electricity is Hydro here all year.