• Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Very common in the U.S. we have been marketed to for almost 100 years about gas appliances being better than electric. The common phrase “now you’re cooking with gas!” Started as an ad on radio shows like Maxwell Coffee Hour, Jack Benny, Chase and Sanborn, Johnson Wax, and Bob Hope around 1940. Now it just means you’re working hard/well, especially suddenly.

      • Wahots@pawb.social
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        1 month ago

        Huh, always heard the phrase as “cooking with fire”

        The firewood industry is slippery, haha.

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      They are so much better at drying than electric dryers. The gas heater dries out the air better so dries the clothes quicker. Electric just seems to make the clothes hot, but more humid. Depending on time of year and other factors they swing from a lot cheaper to operate, to eat more expensive. Not sure about the environmental impact of them though.

      • Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz
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        Oh I don’t doubt it. Gas stoves are pretty common in the UK and much quicker at getting up to heat than most electric. However, the last 10 or so places I’ve lived around Eurooe haven’t even had gas connections, so I’m not sure its that common over here.