Is a gas oven ecologically better for the environment than an electric oven? And whats a reed bed?

Question

I have to do an eco house for a geography assignment and I heard somewhere that a gas oven is better. Is this true? and if so why? and can you think of any other ecological things I should include? Oh and a reed bed what exactly is it and how does it work? much thanks

I'm not bothered about the cost of the cooker just which is more ecological!

Answer 1

In nature, reedbeds are basically ’temporary’ habitats. Under normal circumstances, an unmanaged reedbed shows a succession from young reed colonising open water or wet ground through a gradation of increasingly dry ground. As reedbeds age, they build up a considerable litter layer which eventually rises above ground or water level, and ultimately provides opportunities for scrub or woodland invasion. Naturally developing reedbeds are found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions and estuaries.

Constructed wetlands, are artificial reedbeds (sometimes called "reed fields") which are increasingly being adopted for efficient small-scale sewage treatment systems: water trickling through the reed bed is rapidly cleaned up by the extensive root system and its associated microorganisms utilising the sewage for growth nutrients, giving an extremely clean effluent

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In general, gas is cheaper than electric for cooking, but there are several caveats:
"Cheaper" is a relative term. The average typical savings for gas over electric cooking is only $18/yr.
Electric could be cheaper where you live, or in the future. The cost of natural gas has skyrocketed recently. Gas used to be a much better deal than it is now. Also, gas could be more expensive than electric in your area right now.
Running a gas line negates the savings. If you don't have already have a gas line running to the kitchen, the cost of having one installed could easily be more than you'd save by switching to gas, even after several years.
The monthly gas charge negates the savings. If you don't already have gas service, getting gas service just to power a gas stove will likely wind up costing you way more than continuing to use an electric stove. That's because you'll have to pay ~$10/mo. or so as a "customer charge", just for the privilege of being a gas customer.
Gas has other drawbacks compared to electric. For starters, gas is dangerous because it's combustible. Remember the Hindenberg? Imagine a similar explosion in your house. True, most people's kitchens don't blow up, but some of them certainly do. Next, breathing the products of gas combustion is decidedly unhealthy. Electricity doesn't have that drawback. I choose electric over gas for that reason alone.
Air pollution from gas appliances. The problem with air pollution from gas ovens/stoves is so bad that I found this in a Whirlpool oven manual from 2003: "The health of some birds is extremely sensitive to the fumes given off [by the oven]. Exposure to the fumes may result in death to certain birds. Always move birds to another closed and well ventilated room."

While the problem is more serious for birds it exists for people, too. A study commissioned by the Air Resources Board of California showed that gas ovens generate unhealthy levels of combustion byproducts like carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. (It also showed that the self-cleaning mode generated a lot of indoor air pollution, whether it was a gas or an electric oven.) If you do use gas, the Children's Health Environmental Coalition has a list of ways to reduce gas pollution in your home.

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Answer 2

picking gas or electric powered can count on many different factors, which contain the position you stay (rural or city) and how severe priced gas is compared to electric powered? As a chef, I want a gas hob because it responds promptly, yet i'm fairly pleased with both gas or electric powered oven. If I lived in a rural area i'd want to have a gas hob and an electric powered oven so if the gas grant failed I nevertheless had electrical energy or vis versa. in case you stay interior the united kingdom it really is understood that gas expenses ought to upward push extra steeply interior the subsequent few years because we are having to import extra as North Sea gas runs out. i ought to ascertain the oven replaced into fan assisted and look at how worry-free or complicated it replaced into to sparkling (as a chef i'm always surprised at how poorly designed ovens are at the same time as it contains cleansing). I also want a double oven (even if the 2d one replaced into smaller) because they're functional both once you're cooking diverse issues that want diverse temperatures, or to carry nutrition to keep it warmth.

Answer 3

No a gas oven is no better for the environment and a reed bed is a sewage treatment system.