We have a induction cooktop and we wouldn't trade it for a gas one ever. Here are the reasons:<div><ul><li>Very little heat goes outside of the pan. This is why it's efficient.</li><li>For gas, i have heard about 60-75% of the heat energy goes up the exhaust vent.</li>
<li>It's just as controllable as gas.</li><li>When you spill things on the cooktop the clean-up is trivial compared to gas or convention electric because the cooktop surface doesn't get hot spilled food doesn't crust up.</li>
<li>Gas cooktops require venting to the outside. This is bad for a well-sealed house.</li></ul><div>True, you do have to use "special" cookware like cast iron and steel on induction cooktops instead of cheap, crappy aluminum junk,</div>
<div><br></div>---- Steve (KZ6LSD)<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Bruno M. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brunom1@telenet.be">brunom1@telenet.be</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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your off with your math by a factor thousand.<br>
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0,150 kWh<br>
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There is hardly any energy efficiency benefit versus natural gas
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And for induction cooking you need special pans .<br>
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Op 25-9-2011 18:54, Richard Garbary schreef:
<blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Electric stovetop versus induction:
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