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Originally Posted by Tobra

Gas is the most efficient way to heat your house, cook, water heater, clothes dryer, everything

Wouldn't that depend?

If you can get away with a heat pump, I would think a heat pump would be as efficient or more efficient than gas. I assume the difference is for someone like me, when your heat pump is only good down to around 45º, and after that you have electric elements to provide heat. On days when our low is 20 and the high is 40 or even days when we have 24-48 hours of temps at 40, our electric element heat runs all day, and that costs a fortune.

And I wonder about comparing gas cooking to induction cooking efficiency-wise. When cooking with gas, a huge portion of the heat flows up past the pan and heats your house (not great in a warm environment where you run the AC 8-9 months of the year). Induction only heats the pan. Of course, I don't know how much power that takes and how that would compare cost-wise to the cost of similar gas to heat a pan.