# Tell me what's so great about induction hobs/burners

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-whats-so-great-about-induction-hobs-burners/920840 "2020-09-17T15:03:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-whats-so-great-about-induction-hobs-burners/920840/41 "2020-09-18T20:00:08Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> I’m surprised they’re banning it (gas) instead of finding a way to work around it. I feel like it should be possible to come up with something that can sense the seismic activity in the area or notice the excessive amount of gas from a broken pipe (like an short to ground on a electrical wire) and shut off service to the area until someone can check it out and turn it back on.

There are seismic gas shutoff valves that you can install at your gas meter. Internally, it’s a stainless steel ball on a perch. Anything more than about a 4-point quake knocks the ball off and it plugs the line. Resetting it is just as easy. The gas utilities are also on a program of installing similar shutoffs in their lines. The challenge is in restarting service as they don’t want to just turn the gas back on if the main pipe under your street is cracked, so there’s a lot of inspection involved.

I did see that some restaurant groups are suing Berkeley because certain cooking methods can’t be done well with electricity.

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