Yes, I know it’s not technically just methane, but methane is its primary constituent.

“Fossil gas” is also probably a suitable term, but I like “fossil methane” because it gets that spooky chemical name benefit.

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    here in the USA combo oven-range units reign supreme, although some fancier kitchens in new houses have stuff like induction burners built into the countertops and stuff like that. so you kinda gotta buy them as a package. my apartment has the coil electric kind but it’s an older unit. the building owns it so we’d have to ask the for permission to replace it. that’s one issue here, perhaps half of Americans don’t get any say in green building upgrades. we gotta combine carrots like subsidies and tax breaks with sticks like mandates to get landlords to upgrade stuff

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      Lol, landlords suck everywhere.

      Ranges also reigned supreme in Europe 15 years ago.

      It just takes time, but eventually induction will replace everything. In the meantime, cooking on gas isn’t that bad.

      In terms of government action, I think the best would be to just regulate rents. In most schemes, slightly higher rents are allowed for modernized rentals. But rents are just too high at the moment.