Look, I grew up in a beach house with gas heating.
- I get the appeal.
I also get the appeal of a gas stove. Gas heating provides that deep, heavy, soak into the bone style of heating that electric heating just cannot provide. I really, actually get it. I do. However, gas heating is so messy & much less safe than electric heating. And, if you’re honest, you know that electric heating keeps the air quality higher & the grime level down. Since moving into our electric heating home, I have noticed significantly better air quality & tremendously less cleaning that’s required. I would pick electric heating over gas heating any day of the week. Like I said before though, I get it. Especially in the winter, I miss that deep heat that gas heating provides. Nostalgically, gas heating feels love Christmas to me & I can’t shake that association. I love a good, toasty gas-heated Christmas Eve celebration & I also love a steaming bowl of pasta cooked over a gas stove. My family always tells me that, although electric heating provides the benefits I discussed above, that gas heating is still a much cheaper option. That is also true, however it doesn’t change our mind. Those delightful treats, prices & memories do not negate that fact that I guess electric heating is the superior heating option. Feel free to disagree with me. I’m not trying to start a debate; I just felt the need to get this off our chest for some reason. Thank you for coming to our TED talk.