Retired pediatrician Max Van Gilder represents a growing trend among consumers moving from gas to electric appliances, motivated by climate consciousness. He has adopted a battery induction stove that plugs into a standard outlet, avoiding expensive retrofitting. Current advancements in this appliance market focus on battery-operated designs that ease the switch to electric. Industry experts note that consumer demand is driving these innovations as manufacturers respond to the need for more accessible and affordable electric options. This shift is part of broader efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, traditionally reliant on natural gas.
Changing from gas to more climate-friendly electric appliances often involves expensive retrofits, such as hiring an electrician or contractor and sometimes upgrading electricity service from the utility.
A growing list of companies have begun to offer appliances that make switching easier and cheaper, with designs that allow customers to plug them into a standard outlet.
What you're seeing is the desire of consumers to start to move to all electric appliances and then manufacturers responding with products to overcome one of the key barriers to that.
Nearly one-third of the greenhouse gases heating the planet come from buildings - much of it from burning natural gas in appliances.
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