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Electric vs Gas

pommom — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 01:38:48 GMT

I went online to research electric vs gas costs - which is higher? I got nowhere. I didn't get a pat answer just a bunch of rambling.

Does anyone know which is more efficient when it comes to cooking and heating?

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esmeraldagooch — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 01:44:42 GMT

Your utility company can help. Call them

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Qwackertoo — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 01:53:28 GMT

IF I was building a new home . . . I'd go GeoThermal. More expensive upfront, long term savings for home heating and cooling.

For cooking . . . I don't like cooking with natural gas. I prefer electric. Hate turning on the burners at my parents home with gas stove. I guess I'd get use to it but I don't like it so wouldn't go out and seek it for my home.

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RoughDraft — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:31:50 GMT

Natural gas vs. electric appliances calculators. Costs vary according to region and appliances used.

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/gas.html

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cater — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:34:05 GMT

I have a gas range have had them in our home since I was a child we never had a electric range. I've been in this home for 54 years and have only had gas ranges I would never have electric to cook with. My sister has always had electric ranges and she hates them. She is talking about having a gas line put in were her electric range is and putting in a gas range. My niece says it costs a lot more to have a electric (all) home. My daughter says she thinks when you put all things together either gas or electric cost about the same. My home is heated with gas and I like it. My friend recently built a new home and had a electric heat pump put in the home they love it and say that is the best investment they did. I guess it all depends were you are living as to what your cost will be . I am in Pa.

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scchicki — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:39:32 GMT

I love cooking and heating with gas. Also gas hot water heater/ventless hot water. I think it is what you are accustomed to. I was used to all electric, but once we had gas, I don't think I could go back.

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JustJazzmom — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:43:48 GMT

If I was cooking I would use gas over electric. You have more control over the food and the temperature instantly drops down to where you want it with gas stoves. Electric stoves you have to wait till the grill cools down and wait for the drop in the temperature of the heating element.

I grew up with an electric stove and when I moved into a place that had gas, loved it due to the ease of controlling the heat.

Re: heating-- right now gas heat is turning out to be cheaper over oil heat. I would never get electric heat because if you had a power outage in the winter, there would be no way to get the heat on unless you had a generator hooked up somehow.

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Luv2Decorate — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:44:21 GMT

In Michigan natural gas is less expensive than electricity. I thought gas was less throughout the USA, but I could be wrong.

We heat our home with gas. Our range is dual-fuel. Gas burners with an electric oven. It's a Wolf and it's awesome. They offer a simmer on the burners. The flame is so low that I can place a piece of paper on the burner and it will not catch fire. That oven was our best purchase we ever made.

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Shaunac — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:34:07 GMT

Gas is cheaper. I've never heard of anyone choosing electric over gas.

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ROMARY — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:48:48 GMT

I like cooking with gas, although, it seems to me that electric appliances might be safer, as long as the entire neighborhood/community operates on electric. Something about gas lines everywhere bothers me, for whatever reason.

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OnlyShopsOnline — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:02:10 GMT

In our area, efficient electric appliances are less expensive to operate than having gas. Plus, our utility charges a monthly fee for gas, even if you don't use it...for instance, if you have gas heat, you still pay a months $20-$30 fee just for the gas hook-up, even during the months that you don't use your heat.

Our first home had gas and I smelled gas for quite a few years, and made many calls to our local utility company. It took them 4 years to find the leak, and it was a fairly major leak in the pipe that was coming into our home. Just for that reason alone, I would never have gas in my home again.

As far as cooking, I have cooked with both and I really like my solid surface electric range. I have no problem cooking anything on it, and the ease of clean-up is great. I do think a gas oven is better for baking cakes, etc. But, that's the only difference I see.

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Qwackertoo — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:16:45 GMT

We have no choice. Electric only. Gas still makes me nervous. Guess that school blowing up in East Texas and my grandfather helped with the rescue/recovery efforts many decades before I was even born but he drove us by the memorial when I was a kid so I guess it just affected me . . . kinda like my high up and over large bodies of water bridge phobia.

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feline groovy — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:26:26 GMT

Just per my own experience with both, gas over electric.

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Pook — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 05:08:45 GMT

I would think gas is cheaper because we have a gas stove, clothes dryer and hot water tank and in the summer are gas bill is nearly nothing. It wouldn't matter to me anyway as gas cooks and bakes better . I can put 2 cookie sheets or cakes, etc in the oven ant they cook evenly but with electric I was never able to do that.

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151949 — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:06:11 GMT

My understanding is that Florida power and light now makes it's electric using shale gas. The prices of electric here is very reasonable.We have an all electric home and we average about $150/month over the winter when we are here.We do not use the AC much over the winter though, and in the summer when we aren't here the AC is set at 88 degrees - just to keep the humidity down so we don't get mold.

At our camp in Pa we average about $90/month for electric but we heat the camper, cook and the water heater are all gas, plus I don't do my laundry in the camper so it would be much more pricey there using both than here in our all electric home. sorry i can't say what the gas costs us up there because we use bottled propane.

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stevieb — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:22:15 GMT

No idea which costs more, though I'd probably assume electric does. Regardless, I prefer cooking with a gas stove and oven.

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Marienkaefer2 — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:30:47 GMT

I think natural gas is more efficient for heating. For cooking, I've had electric and gas. I can cook.with both, but now that I have gas, I prefer it. I think you can control the heat better. I have natural gas and where I live it is cheaper than electric. I have a gas hot water heater and dryer as well. For a 2100 square ft home, my highest gas bill.in the winter is about $80.

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Shorty2U — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:35:36 GMT

I can tell you this. In our area our gas heat in our home in the Winter is way cheaper than our electric bill is every month year round. I hate paying the electric bill. Its the worst of all the utilities!

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Gooday — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:46:31 GMT

I have an electric stove in Az. and gas in Chicago. I like gas better because I can see the flame. The electric can get too hot too fast. You need to remove pan immediately when you turn the electric stove off. I could have switched from electric to gas for 850.00 but I didn't. I'm used to both.

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151949 — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 07:15:21 GMT

On 11/29/2014 Shaunac said: Gas is cheaper. I've never heard of anyone choosing electric over gas.

you have now, I chose electric over gas and would again in a heartbeat. Just what we saved on our homeowners insurance because we did not have a gas line into the house was significant.