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Let's be clear... that Indianapolis blast was not an accident. The investigation showed it was deliberately caused.
Also keep in mind that the US is a very large country, with widely varying climates, geography, resources, etc.
The key reasons for so many electric ranges are... 1) gas is not available everywhere, and 2) the electric utilities spent vast sums in the post war era to promote "All Electric Homes" as safer and cleaner than gas, and the marketing worked.
In some areas electricity is relatively inexpensive, so gas is not used as much. In other areas gas can be half as expensive to use as electricity. It all depends.
When I moved to the US I was amazed to see the prevalence of electric stoves here. I was even more confused when every cooking-related article or show talked about using gas as the only way to cook properly. Where I come from (a developing country), no one uses electric stoves due to prohibitive cost vs gas. So the question is, why do most apartments and a fair number of houses in the US come only with electric ranges?
The use of gas vs electric varies from area to area throughout the US. Therefore this is truly a regional discussion question and not so much about food and drink. There is a thread about the advantages of cooking on one vs the other here: http://www.city-data.com/forum/food-...ic-vs-gas.html
Feel free to discuss your OP in your local thread.
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