The new electric stovetop I tried were with glass/ceramic/whatever on top, and they didn't feel too slow. I didn't have that at home, so I don't have a lot of experience with it, but I got an impression that it was quite usable. The info about electric being faster to boil came from YouTube videos, so I could be mistaken. I assume they are mostly talking about medium to small pots, since on them gas are far less efficient. Here is one vid: https://youtu.be/CcAJ3_-Hou8 (timestamp: 1:05 ). P.S. I also googled some videos where gas got water boiling faster than electric, though they used a large pot. Would like to see that test on a medium pot.
If you have a glass top, would it matter if it solidifies buildup, it should still be easy to clean (on an even surface), comparing to gas stovetop?
I agree that electric with open coil should be nightmare to clean. Probably worse than gas.
I could see why electric stovetop might be a fire hazard. I'm not sure why bigger than gas though, maybe because it keeps being hot for a bit. Does it stays hot enough to set paper on fire quite long?
I would agree with many commenters here about induction stovetops.
I used to have one, living in Russia, and now I have a gas one in the US (wasn't much choice here TBH). The induction was clearly superior. It cooked faster, had a timer, and was much easier to clean.
I should add that I had the cheapest induction one we could find back then.
However, banning gas stoves, and even talking about banning them, is clearly stupid now. We shouldn't ban stuff willy-nilly. We should have an extremely high bar to ban anything, not like "Hey somewhat had a paper that probably says something is somewhat dangerous".
I guess eventually, gas stoves would need to be priced out, or something, though. Once a majority of our electricity comes out of renewables.
P.S. I do agree that those old electric stovetops are just awful. I don't understand how come so many places still have them. And I did see good electric (non-induction) stove tops that have reasonable response time and can boil water faster than gas ones. Not sure how come you don't have them everywhere. Are they that new? I wanna see some explanation here. Because I'm confused!
Yeah, everything you say makes sense, and I agree.