Expert prognosis for the planet

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Never had one leak. There is a terrible smell to natural gas. Can't miss even the smallest amount.

Originally Posted by soundman98

natural gas doesn't have an odor naturally. so how can you know it's not leaking?

I'll retract my statement. The one article I read on it quoted that something like 50% of gas stove have small leaks in them, not enough to detect by smell put it pollutes the air. Now I can't find the article.

A lot of it does come from improperly ventilated stoves though.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

I will say that is 100% not the case.

And I'll say I highly doubt it is 100% of cases. I did say some percentage, not all. My statement is pretty much a safe fact for just about anything. There is some percentage of folks that prefer something just because they've been told they should prefer it.

[MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires]

Originally Posted by cjd

I only have a (top reviewed) countertop induction to try it out but...
Eggs in cast iron were horrible. Overcooked in the middle, raw around the edges. Not sure more than the 5" coil was working but it was weird
Tried boiling water. 2c in 2(.5?)min. Tried a (round bottom) wok, had to balance right on the glass and took 5min to boil 2c.
Maybe this isn't an the best example of what a good induction cooktop can do but I'm so far unimpressed. Maybe it's defective. Maybe I'm not using it right yet. I mean, nice boiling time. But also a lot of useless pots and pans and only some of which I can find induction alternates. I'd love to ditch gas. Right now the "vent hood" is the limiting factor gas or not doesn't matter. Stir fry sets off alarms and makes my lungs hurt. Kitchen redo on the list if we can ever find contractors... So this is a decision I have to make, and soon.

round bottom wok honestly doesnt work very well on western gas ranges either, imo you should try a flat bottom carbon wok on induction and see how it goes.


i made the mistake of trying to use a round bottom wok with a ring to keep it balanced for many years and it simply did not work. i've moved to a flat bottom wok now and it's working perfectly.

i have been considering moving to induction from gas for well over a year but i think i'll wait to see how the rebates look from the recent inflation bill. worst case scenario if induction doesnt work well for wok cooking i'll get a portable burner and use that when i need to cook in a wok.

[MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires]

Originally Posted by DrinkenBeeRZ

YouTube education at its finest. Maybe start off with “I want to believe!” next time. The climate models have less to do with science than weather forecasting. But, they may get the latter closer to perfect someday since at least it doesn’t rely I want to be scientists playing big boy scientist on a computer.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires

round bottom wok honestly doesnt work very well on western gas ranges either, imo you should try a flat bottom carbon wok on induction and see how it goes.


i made the mistake of trying to use a round bottom wok with a ring to keep it balanced for many years and it simply did not work. i've moved to a flat bottom wok now and it's working perfectly.

i have been considering moving to induction from gas for well over a year but i think i'll wait to see how the rebates look from the recent inflation bill. worst case scenario if induction doesnt work well for wok cooking i'll get a portable burner and use that when i need to cook in a wok.

I mean... Yes. I have a flat bottom pan I use. I've also been dreaming of fixing this kitchen and installing a proper stove with open burners (none of that sealed crap) which work properly with a round bottom wok. And they cook differently than flat bottom.
Right now it's the learning curve. I'm sold on induction for some tasks. The question is whether I want any gas. And then how to have both nicely...

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires

i have been considering moving to induction from gas for well over a year but i think i'll wait to see how the rebates look from the recent inflation bill. worst case scenario if induction doesnt work well for wok cooking i'll get a portable burner and use that when i need to cook in a wok.

I've not used them, but flat-bottomed woks supposedly work with induction ranges.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

I will say that is 100% not the case.
Had 3 types of cooking in 3 separate houses growing up.
Electric Glass top.
OG Electric coil.
Gas.

Gas was hands down the best....

Yep.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

And I'll say I highly doubt it is 100% of cases. I did say some percentage, not all. My statement is pretty much a safe fact for just about anything. There is some percentage of folks that prefer something just because they've been told they should prefer it.

i've been using an air fryer more lately for most meals. the only thing i really use the oven for is making taco meat, and frozen pizza's. i'm quite sure electric would suit my needs!

[Ultramaroon]

Flat bottomed woks do not perform anything like the real ones. It's been a loooong time since I've used a nice evenly heating wok over gas.

[Irace86.2.0]

[Irace86.2.0]

Earlier this year I had posted this:

https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...&postcount=671

Sweden finds the largest deposit of rare earth elements:
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/...earth-elements

And now we have this:

India finds 5.9 tonnes of Lithium:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...4.cms?from=mdr


In other news, cheaper grid storage batteries could be on the horizon. This is exciting for storing wind and solar for the grid, but also for personal use. It would be nice to have a battery pack for the home with little to no fire risk that is cheaper. At $7/kWh versus current $130-150 kWh for lithium-ion, the batteries themselves should be much cheaper, but the installation and inverters and other components would still be the same, so in all, the batteries shouldn't be super cheap. For instance, a 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall, which includes installation, is like $11k, but the battery is only $2k at $150/kWh, and it would drop to $100, so now $9k instead of $11k. Good, but not great. The energy density isn't as good, so these wouldn't be for cars. For large grid storage systems, the price savings would be significant.

Sodium aluminum battery for renewables storage:

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/02/...ables-storage/

Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have designed a molten salt battery based on an anode made of molten sodium (Na) and a cathode made of aluminum (Al) and sodium tetrachloroaluminate (NaAlCl4).

They described the novel battery as a low-cost, grid-scale solution for long-duration renewable energy storage and said the use of NaAlCl4 offers extra accessible capacity hidden in acidic chloroaluminate. They said the proposed battery chemistry relies on the sixth and second most abundant elements on Earth.

Th research group found that the battery achieves a high areal capacity cell of 138.5 mAh cm−2 at a high current density of 4.67 mA cm−2. The scientists said the battery could potentially achieve an energy density of up to 100 Wh/kg at a cost of $7.02 kWh.

Other article covering this:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0207081251.htm

[Irace86.2.0]

Seems like this belongs here too. I've only watched the first hour. I might make some comments later, but I don't think the world could sustain double the population without huge changes in more than just the energy systems. Land use would have to change a lot.

[Irace86.2.0]

[Irace86.2.0]

This plant produces its own nitrogen/fertilizer using bacteria. Could it be adapted to other crops, so we aren't as reliant on fossil fuels to make ammonia?