Induction hobs - can you afford one?

In-efficient as you have to generate the electricity in the first place! The overall system efficieny is roughly half that of a gas hob that burns the gas directly.

How can it be efficient if it uses DOUBLE the earth's resources??!

Save your accurate, but largely irrelevant, rant for halogen hobs and Maggie Thatcher's gas-fired generating plant.

Next time you have a dinner party and you are showing off your induction hob to your friends just remember that you are using twice the resources and producing twice as much pollution as me, with my gas hob!

shokk

Woopee for you - must be nice to be /that/ self-righteous.

How about doing a full systems analysis on your whole life? How efficient is your house heating? Your car? Your food products? Really, get over it.

What percentage of household energy (in the UK) is used for cooking?

You're not a gegraphy lecturer at a poly, are you? Sound like one.

Ooh, there lies a completely unrelated rant. Why have geographers got rid of the interesting bits of their subject (ie physical) in favour of the boring human stuff?

cheers, clive

Because it's easier to teach and get everyone to pass with a

Touchy-feely is the new physical.

MBQ

Well, induction hob owners are always bleating on about how efficient they are. maybe they should be less self riteous, hmmmm?

Why? I don't go on about how my heating system is better than anyone elses, do I?

No idea, that isn't the point.