.@MaraKAbbott just wrote a great guide to induction cooking for @carbonswitch
Here's a thread with some takeaways and an explanation of why induction stoves are so awesome.
🧵 #energytwitter
carbonswitch.co/induction-cook…
Here's a thread with some takeaways and an explanation of why induction stoves are so awesome.
🧵 #energytwitter
carbonswitch.co/induction-cook…
First off, many people hear "electric cooking" and think coils and unresponsive ceramic stoves.
When we're talking about induction cooking, we're NOT talking about these things: 
And we're definitely NOT talking about these things:
Induction cooktops look a lot like electric ceramic cooktops.
But they're totally different.
But they're totally different.
Old-school electric ceramic stoves use electricity to heat up glass.
And then that glass heats up your pots and pans.
And then that glass heats up your pots and pans.
But this is really inefficient and messy.
A lot of the heat basically leaks into your kitchen instead of heating your pan.
On a hot day, your kitchen gets hotter.
If you spill anything, it gets caked onto the stove.
A lot of the heat basically leaks into your kitchen instead of heating your pan.
On a hot day, your kitchen gets hotter.
If you spill anything, it gets caked onto the stove.
As @MaraKAbbott writes:
"Induction is faster, more precise and more efficient because it tosses out the fiery middleman, using electromagnetism to heat the cookware itself."
"Induction is faster, more precise and more efficient because it tosses out the fiery middleman, using electromagnetism to heat the cookware itself."
@NicoleKelner recently painted a beautiful illustration of how this works
https://twitter.com/NicoleKelner/status/1486849392258785285
As Mara explains:
"Beneath each zone of a smooth ceramic-glass induction cooktop lies a coiled copper wire.
When you turn on a burner, an alternating electric current darts back and forth through the coil to create a magnetic field.
"Beneath each zone of a smooth ceramic-glass induction cooktop lies a coiled copper wire.
When you turn on a burner, an alternating electric current darts back and forth through the coil to create a magnetic field.
If that field hits a material that resists its flow – say, the base of your favorite cast-iron skillet – it induces swirling electric flows called eddy currents, which generate heat in the resistant metal."
Because you're cooking with magnets, you can put stuff in between the induction plate and your pan.
Like, a countertop.
Practical? Probably not. Cool? Absolutely!
gfycat.com/farunawarelabr…
Like, a countertop.
Practical? Probably not. Cool? Absolutely!
gfycat.com/farunawarelabr…
Of course, you might be thinking, "I prefer to cook with gas."
For the last few decades fossil fuel companies have been spending millions to get people to think this.
For the last few decades fossil fuel companies have been spending millions to get people to think this.
What the industry hasn't told you is that gas stoves are terrible for human health and our planet.
According to a 2013 meta-analysis:
“Children living in a home with gas cooking have a 42% increased risk of having asthma.”
According to a 2013 meta-analysis:
“Children living in a home with gas cooking have a 42% increased risk of having asthma.”
More on the negative health impacts of gas stoves here:
https://twitter.com/curious_founder/status/1481746460378992641
But it's not just your health you have to worry about.
Gas stoves leak all kinds of pollution into the air.
That pollution in turn causes climate change.
Gas stoves leak all kinds of pollution into the air.
That pollution in turn causes climate change.
A recent @StanfordWoods study found:
"The methane that leaks from gas stoves every year is comparable to the carbon dioxide emissions from about 500,000 gasoline-powered cars."
"The methane that leaks from gas stoves every year is comparable to the carbon dioxide emissions from about 500,000 gasoline-powered cars."
Induction, on the other hand, doesn't have these same problems.
As @MaraKAbbott writes:
"When paired with a renewable energy source, induction cooking is an emissions-free way to cook."
As @MaraKAbbott writes:
"When paired with a renewable energy source, induction cooking is an emissions-free way to cook."
But it's also just a better way to cook.
Twitter is full of people, like @drvolts's wife, who swore they'd never cook on anything but gas and now love induction.
Twitter is full of people, like @drvolts's wife, who swore they'd never cook on anything but gas and now love induction.
https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1404646504099303431
Induction stoves are an example of a climate solution that doesn't just cut emissions.
They make people lives better too.
There's still a lot of work to do to bring the costs and complexity of installation down.
But these things are really cool and worth considering.
They make people lives better too.
There's still a lot of work to do to bring the costs and complexity of installation down.
But these things are really cool and worth considering.
Alright, that's almost 20 tweets, so time to wrap up.
If you want to learn more, check out @MaraKAbbott's full story here:
carbonswitch.co/induction-cook…
If you want to learn more, check out @MaraKAbbott's full story here:
carbonswitch.co/induction-cook…
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