[HN Gopher] Chipotle plans to ditch gas grills at 100 new locations
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       Chipotle plans to ditch gas grills at 100 new locations
        
       Author : hochmartinez
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2023-04-13 22:14 UTC (47 minutes ago)
        
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       | AussieWog93 wrote:
       | Cooking on gas stoves is one of the few genuine, sensory
       | pleasures many food-oriented people (myself included) have in
       | life and it's really sad that there seems to be a concerted
       | political effort to take it away.
       | 
       | I've used an induction stove for several months, had plenty of
       | time to get used to it and it isn't pleasant to cook on.
       | 
       | Please leave us alone and let us enjoy things.
        
         | sealeck wrote:
         | Can you explain how it is a genuine sensory pleasure - do you
         | mean the actual act of cooking or the taste of the food
         | afterwards?
        
         | consumer451 wrote:
         | I have a gas stove and love it, I love to bbq on wood coals,
         | etc..
         | 
         | I still understand how air quality works.
         | 
         | Opening a window when you are combusting indoors is not
         | neuroscience.
         | 
         | The fact that this is "political" is just nuts.
        
           | sealeck wrote:
           | I think it's the concern about CO2 emissions that are
           | political.
        
       | codeddesign wrote:
       | 100 locations, so it appears it's for new locations.
       | 
       | The bigger question is "Why?" and "How?".
       | 
       | Gas is more cost efficient than electric. So the cost burden has
       | to drop on somebody...likely the consumer.
       | 
       | Beyond that, most geographic locations aren't producing "green"
       | electricity to actually cut down on emissions as Chipotle is
       | claiming.
       | 
       | To actually have them cut down on emissions, you essentially have
       | to increase emissions - pulling out raw material, transportation,
       | manufacturing, more transportation..etc.
       | 
       | It looks good in marketing, but until we are able to limit
       | emissions in manufacturing and creating electricity, it's all
       | puff.
        
         | toomuchtodo wrote:
         | Induction stoves.
        
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