silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agoNew York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Programcitylimits.orgexternal-linkmessage-square159linkfedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down15
arrow-up1376arrow-down1external-linkNew York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Programcitylimits.orgsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square159linkfedilink
minus-squareTinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agoI wouldn’t assume the pumps moving that gas would keep working for an extended outage. If an outage lasts that long, it’s usually over a big area.
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·7 months agoIn the last 15 years, my electricity has been out for 10+ DAYS three different times. Gas doesn’t stop. In fact, 2 out of 3 homes in the neighborhood have Kohler style natural gas whole house generators. There’s plenty of reasons to hate gas, but that ain’t one.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoThey should’ve run the electricity wires next to the gas wires, i.e. buried.
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoSurely someone’s got an example of natural gas service failing during an electric outage?
minus-squaredustycups@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThe reason you were down voted was in the first paragraph of the article - including breakdowns that can last for months at a time
I wouldn’t assume the pumps moving that gas would keep working for an extended outage. If an outage lasts that long, it’s usually over a big area.
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In the last 15 years, my electricity has been out for 10+ DAYS three different times. Gas doesn’t stop.
In fact, 2 out of 3 homes in the neighborhood have Kohler style natural gas whole house generators.
There’s plenty of reasons to hate gas, but that ain’t one.
They should’ve run the electricity wires next to the gas wires, i.e. buried.
Surely someone’s got an example of natural gas service failing during an electric outage?
The reason you were down voted was in the first paragraph of the article - including breakdowns that can last for months at a time
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