Gas range, electric clothes dryer,, mini split for heating and cooling, gas water heater.

Gas stove and furnace. Gas generator. I think i could switch to an induction range but not electric coils. Electric heat is expensive. Maybe oil is better but it smells bad. .

No need to imagine. In my town, new gas appliances, from ranges to water heaters are forbidden starting next year. I prefer induction for the cooktop, but the PO put in a gorgeous gas range, so it stays. Our whole house generator is Deisel maybe?

For heat, I prefer gas. It's much warmer. I grew up with that type of heat. I also prefer radiant ceiling heat to a heat pump. I grew up cooking on a gas stove but I prefer cooking with electric.

Have 1 natural gas and 1 electric oven, gas cooktop, 2 gas water heaters, 2 gas central furnaces, gas clothes dryer. Both natural gas and electricity are expensive here (I don't have solar) but gas produces heat more cheaply and efficiently.

Gas stove- would be gutted if they were banned. Electric hot water as we’re on bottled propane and HWS use lots of gas. Electric dryer, only used in winter. Electric reverse cycle airconditioning for heat. DH is planning to install solar panels on the roof, as soon as he comes up with his perfect plan.

My house is all electric. It came that way and I am satisfied with it. My sister used to tease saying that a REAL cook only uses a gas stove. I told her a REAL cook can make delicious things happen no matter what. And I do! 🙂

The only thing I dislike about my electric stove is that I had to adapt to the fact that unlike a gas stove, when you turn a burner off, the electric burner stays hot enough to burn your food for several minutes after you turn it off if you are not careful. With gas, off is actually OFF. But as I said, I adapted to it. It certainly did not bother me enough to go through the expense and hassle of converting to gas.

With other things like say, the water heater, i think it helps that we are but a 2 person household with schedules different enough that we never have to worry about running out of hot water,and never have.

If my house was run on all gas,I probably would have been just as satisfied. I am flexible about such things...... I won't tolerate a non pink cooking utensil, but the power source I use to help it make something yummy, meh. Whatever works....

We did look into getting one of those automatic backup generators that runs on natural gas. We had a spell where we were suffering many unexplained power outages. But the price for the actual generator, plus having it and a natural gas tank installed was so hilariously outrageous we very quickly decided against it.

Natural gas heat, it's radiant in the ceilings. No other gas in the house other than the fireplace, all else is electric. I wish when the then owner had updated the kitchen, they had extended the gas to the kitchen/range but they did not.

I don't miss much about our former house, other than the skylight in the master bath that gave the best light in the world, and the heat pump with electric back up furnace with whole house air cleaner attached. In 25 years, I rarely had to dust. Here, I dust - or should, I don't do it as often as would be ideal.

We went with, I guess you'd say electric heat in that it is geothermal, so no gas, no oil. We don't have nat gas in our area so use liquid propane for our gas fireplace and our tankless hot water heaters. We have an induction cooktop which is electric as are our ovens. We put 5 kw of solar panels on our roof to offset the amount of electricity used.

Gas for heat, hot water and cooking. I too would be devastated if I could not have a gas range.

No more gas because it is bad for the environment? Banning gas is not saving the planet anymore than electric cars are.

ETA: Forgot to mention gas fueled generator.

Gas for heat and water heater, electric for everything else. Wouldn't mind electric heat...if

someone else would pay for it in our hard winters.

Hmm. gas stove, cooktop, water heater, furnace, dryer, fireplace, and generator.

Around here, "gas" means propane, as we don't have natural gas in this rural area. Unless you're talking about gasoline, which is something else entirely.

I have a gas range, a generator that uses propane, a generator that uses gasoline, an electric dryer, and electric hot water heater. I also use small electric heaters upstairs on an as-needed basis.

This summer I got rid of my aging oil burner and replaced it with a propane furnace. Everyone tells me propane heat will be a lot more economical and satisfactory. It's quieter, but I'll have to get used to it as it sounds to me as though a vehicle is idling in my driveway.

"The only thing I dislike about my electric stove is that I had to adapt to the fact that unlike a gas stove, when you turn a burner off, the electric burner stays hot enough to burn your food for several minutes after you turn it off if you are not careful."

Look into an induction stove - it uses electricity, but it works like gas i.e. changes in controls are instantaneous. When you turn the burner down, or off, it gets cooler, or turns off. Immediately. And the stove top doesn't get hot so food doesn't get burnt on (unlike gas). And you can use the rest of the stove top as counter space for those same reasons. And it's much more efficient - there's very little heat wasted, so the area around the stove stays cooler. A lot of REAL cooks use induction!

To the original question:

I cook with electricity, with an electric oven with an induction stove, and I am extremely happy that way......I prefer it to cooking with gas (all the control, without the fire). I will never go back to using a "standard" electric stove if I can help it. So, I'm happy cooking with electric. As for heating? Well, I've had natural gas heating for over 30 years, but my cottage is on electric with a propane fireplace, and it's OK. My biggest beef with electric heating is the cost, but if gas was unavailable or too costly, I'd be OK with electric.

(I drive electric too.)

natural gas heat & water heater. electric ovens and induction cooktop. love my induction!

we have forced air heating and cooling and i hate it. dry, dog hair blows around, no residual heat. our first home we had oil heat with hot water radiators, the best heat. not dry and the radiators stayed warm well after heat shut off. hated the smell of oil but loved the radiators!!

Electric - Induction stove
• Heats faster; don’t wait for heating element to transfer to pan.
• Precise temperature control; when turn burner off, heat stops immediately, less chance of boiling over/overcooking.
• More energy efficient; heat not lost in transfer process or lost to air, only cookware heats.
• Maintains cool cooking surface; only pan gets hot, element never exposed, preventing risk of fire hazard/burns.
• Cleaning easier; since cooktop doesn't get hot, it's easy to clean, don't get baked-on food.
• Safer; does not emit gas. Won't catch objects on fire - only heats items with iron particles. Turns off when cookware removed.

Always had gas homes until my present home. We now have an all electric house, forced air heat pump with backup. To me there is no difference, I stay warm in the winter. I did notice there is less dust though. After cooking on gas and electric stove I prefer electric. I do miss a gas fireplace though. A wood fire is nice, but less spontaneous.

At camp we have propane. The pro to it is we can shop for the best price on fuel.

Natural gas stove, dryer, AND water heater which heats the hydronics(tubes of water under the floor, which produces radiant heat). The gas company has announced they are applying for a price hike, which they say on average should amount to $20 a month more. Note: last month I paid $15.15 for gas. $93 is the most I've ever paid.

We have a whole house air filter and up draft exhaust over the gas cooktop. We do not have a furnace, there's no blowing of heated air with dirt in it circulated from outdoors. Radiant heat is cleaner & moister than forced air.

Until our move 6 years ago, we'd always had electric stove and electric heat pump. Now we have natural gas stove and furnace, plus an electric heat pump for summertime AC. While I like the gas stove I agree with Amylou -- any decent cook can learn the tools at hand and produce great meals on anything. If I was starting a kitchen remodel now, I'd want induction stovetop and electric oven.

As for winter heating, I like feeling the actually warm air we get now from our gas furnace, versus the supposed warmth the heat pump puts out. Natural gas is cheaper for our wallets right now, but it's quite likely more detrimental to the Earth -- sorry, grand/great-grand kids ... hope there's a way out of the mess we're making.

Toronto Vet, I love our electric car too, more than I thought I would :-)

I live in an apartment so electric coil stove and gas baseboard heat. Like Amy said, electric or gas, I can cook on either, it's just a heat source. I often turn the burner off a few minutes before food is done; especially when using my cast iron.

Everything is propane gas which was cheaper when we moved in here 35 yearrs ago. And I prefer cooking with gas.

We use natural gas when possible, as electricity is so much more expensive, especially for water heaters and clothes dryers. All gas stove in L.A., dual fuel in Cathedral City. Our pool heater is gas, and I cannot imagine what the bill would be if it were electric.

We have solar panels in the desert, and they create so much electricity that I have a credit of $1700 with the power company, but I only get credit - not cash. Solar panels are extremely effective here, due to the amount of sun we have, and almost everyone has them. Our A/C is electric, but heating is gas.

During power outages, I can still cook with gas, but I have to light the burners manually.

Interesting article also discusses gas applicance/stove, indoor air, and health.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1015460605/gas-stove-emissions-climate-change-health-effects

Natural gas furnace, clothes dryer, water heater. Electric smoothtop cooktop and oven. Big electricity consumers are the A/C portion of our HVAC and the fridge/freezer. Our gas and electic bills are about $1200 each, annually.

I'd prefer an induction cooktop, but since I'm no cook, and I'm 80, that's not a likely upgrade. We have both gas and electric supply at the kitchen.

I doubt that the fuel source for your heat has much to do with how dusty or dry your air is. Forced air heat moves air around more than an 'element' heat like baseboard or under-floor heat from hydronic tubing or cables. We have forced air heat with flow-through humidifiers and electrostatic filters on each furnace. It's clean (even when we had a dog) and comfortable. I also credit the central vacuum with its powerful suction and the collection bag in the basement, not recirculating the dirt in the house.

My stove is electric. I know gas is better and I'm sure they're better these days than they were in the 60s but I'm always afraid of the fumes if the flame goes out and how to light it with a lighter. LOL I'm sure nowadays nobody has to worry about that anymore. My furnace is gas. Our gas price is small. It's all the fees and taxes added to our bills (even electric) that increase our bills by more than 3x PLUS the energy. so it really doesn't make a difference.

We have natural gas for heating and cooking, and use electric washers and dryers at our properties in NY. But at the weekend place in PA where natural gas isn't available, we have propane for heating, cooking, washer and dryer at the main house where we live, the carriage house and in law apt on the property are all electric powered. We just changed the in law apt to all electric a couple years ago for rental purpose. The carriage house was built that way by previous owners for their children's families. I'd like to try solar panels someday when it's not too expensive.

When we "remodeled" our kitchen 15 years ago, effectively building a new kitchen in a part of the structure that previously wasn't the kitchen, we put in an up-market range with high BTU burners. Along with that came a large hood that overhangs the range (that I can bump my head on when cooking). The contractor said something to the effect of "When you turn on a burner or the gas oven, crack a window and turn on the exhaust fan." Which we do faithfully.

There is one water heater in a closet, also a furnace in a different closet, both with substantial outside air access high and low in their little rooms. The contractor installed substantial weather-stripping on the doors (including a threshold for each door) that seals them off completely from the indoor space. Another water heater and furnace are in the well vented garage.

Why the descriptions - it is neither expensive nor difficult to be sure that the combustion products of burning gas exit the home and do not remain to pollute the indoor air. People have come to think that kitchen exhaust hoods are for cooking odors (and they do remove those too) but with gas ranges, they have another function that there are manufacturer's specs or building code requirements, that require a certain exhaust capacity depending on the BTUs of the gas appliance. If you have one, turn it on when cooking.

We're 100% electric here but do have propane gas logs for an emergency winter power outage. I could cook well with either gas or ele. Gas is more dangerous of course if there are malfunctions in the lines causing a leak. A house just 4 miles from us blew up a few years ago and even at that distance it shook our house with quite a jolt. I'm more concerned with neighbors nearby who use gas, some folks are just unaware of the potential danger, proper maintenance, and precautions to avoid a catastrophe.

Natural gas leaks, whether from appliance malfunctions or pipe breakages, are uncommon. And such leaks are much less dangerous than propane leaks.

Unlike lighter than air natural gas, propane is heavier than air and gas from leakages tends to cluster in the lowest level of a structure. A guy I know owned a home in the Lake Tahoe area that used propane for heating and cooking. The structure had a typical hillside layout with a garage just above steed level and then a two story house above it. With a car full of his family, he drove one Friday afternoon up there for a weekend of skiing. When he approached the garage and pushed the button for the garage door opener, there was an explosion and the house was soon consumed in flames. It burned down. The after the fact analysis was that there had been a propane leak, the gas pooled in the garage, and a spark from the starting of the door opener ignited it.

Insurance covered a rebuilt of the house. He insisted it be all-electric (with supplemental heat from wood stoves). No propane.

Hubby and I were visiting friends of his a number of years ago. They had a gas stove, and I could smell gas. She cooked with it fine, but I could smell gas the whole time. That un-nerved me, and I also wondered if that was normal. If that's the case, I wouldn't want a gas stove, ever.

Our home is all electric and we're very comfortable with it. Warm in winter, cool in summer, don't have to worry about gas leaks. Lost a family member from carbon monoxide poisoning, and a friend and his son when their home exploded from a gas leak, so no gas for me.

Jasdip, the smell of gas would bother me, too. I'm sure gas appliances burn gas much more efficiently today than they did years ago, but I still wouldn't want one. I can remember as a teenager going to the home of someone who cooked on a gas range and smelling the fumes. It didn't bother me then, because I didn't realize the danger, but now I shudder to think what could have happened.

If you smell gas, you call a plumber. Just like when you see a water leak. Most people don't know that natural gas is odorless - odor is added so that leaks can be detected by the old snifferooney.

In my lifetime that has taken me to becoming old enough to receive Social Security benefits, I've never lived in a house without gas appliances and I have never smelled gas or had a leak. I have known people whose houses had fires caused by electrical shorts, worn wires, defective high amperage appliances. Nothing is 100% safe.

No, report the smell of gas directly to the emergency line at the gas company.

"If you smell gas, you call a plumber."

No, open your windows, go outside, call the emergency phone number of your gas supplier, and tell them you smell gas. Then wait for them to come check for leaks. It's not the same as when you see a water leak - a water leak doesn't have the risk of blowing up your house and damaging the nearby houses too.

You may need a plumber to fix a leaking gas pipe, but the gas company will be the one to safely deal with the problem first and determine if the leak is from internal or external lines.

If you smell gas, call 911, they can respond with meters to verify, initiate emergency measures, and expedite gas company response.

Jasdip, sometimes in the old gas ranges you could smell a little gas especially when cooking. They had pilot lights. The newer gas stoves don't.

Our last house we had 3 different types of detectors, smoke, co2 and natural gas.

Most house fires I hear about in my area are, cooking, people using space heaters or chimney fires. Candle fires seem to be decreasing since they aren't as popular as they once were. Other wise it usually electrical of overloading. Very few from gas.

They also put stink in propane.

There was a house south of us that went boom from natural gas. It was the gas companies fault. There were replacing a gas line with a higher pressure gas line. They put regulators on all the homes, but forgot one. When they turned the gas back on the pressure broke the lines in the house. There was nothing left of the house and it damaged neighboring homes. 5 people were injured. Luckily the family was outside when it went boom.

We've never had gas here, always electric, but I've cooked with gas and I think I prefer electric, even it tho stays hot for awhile after you turn it off. It gets hotter and it doesn't pollute indoor air as much.

I do understand the damage that natural gas can do to our environment, so I'm not against phasing it out as much as possible.

NPR has a recent article about the issue:

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1015460605/gas-stove-emissions-climate-change-health-effects?utm_source=pocket-newtab

"Americans love their gas stoves. It's a romance fueled by a decades-old "cooking with gas" campaign from utilities that includes vintage advertisements, a cringeworthy 1980s rap video and, more recently, social media personalities. The details have changed over time, but the message is the same: Using a gas stove makes you a better cook.

But the beloved gas stove has become a focal point in a fight over whether gas should even exist in the 35% of U.S. homes that cook with it.

Environmental groups are focused on potential health effects. Burning gas emits pollutants that can cause or worsen respiratory illnesses. Residential appliances like gas-powered furnaces and water heaters vent pollution outside, but the stove "is the one gas appliance in your home that is most likely unvented," says Brady Seals with RMI, formerly Rocky Mountain Institute.

The focus on possible health risks from stoves is part of the broader campaign by environmentalists to kick gas out of buildings to fight climate change. Commercial and residential buildings account for about 13% of heat-trapping emissions, mainly from the use of gas appliances...."

And we have an old oil furnace that hasn't been lit in years. We're able to get through the warming winters here with just a couple of space heaters

Gas furnace, stove top and hot water heater. Washer /dryer and oven are electric,

I much prefer gas to cook with. Stove top is gas, oven is electric. Water heater is gas, furnace, and dryer are electric.

In my area, all homes have external gas shutoff valves, easily operated with a wrench. Some experts recommend keeping a wrench at the valve location so as to be immediate available for use without having to hunt one down.

Also in my area, the gas utilities generally do not fix leaks that are on the house (inbound) side of the meter. As with electrical wiring, water pipes, telephone and cable/internet lines, anything in the supply path after the structure delivery site is the owner's concern. They often will do a safety inspection of a gas appliance's safe operation and shut it off locally if there's a problem but they don't tend to fix anything. That's the domain of plumbers with black pipe (gas line) experience.

If you smell gas...don't waste time calling a plumber as someone said ...call 911 and the Gas Company. If the

odor is strong...get out of your house! I see that different parts of the Country use different

names for the trades.

We'd been in our first (cheap, new construction) apartment for a couple of months before I discovered a FLAME burning in the cabinet under the gas cooktop. Hello! Good thing it was alight or we could have died of the gas. Actually, no, DH can smell a gas leak a block away.

We had a gas grill at a prior home. DH came home from work one Friday afternoon and smelled gas -- traced it to the grill. Our landscaper's little boy had come with him that day. You know how kids are with buttons and knobs!