I think they mean with mains gas able to replace wood and coal fires, but before significant use of internal combustion engine vehicles.

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kibwen 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Gas for heating is one thing, but gas for cooking absolutely annihilates your indoor air quality. Get an induction stove.

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OJFord 5 days ago | parent [-]

Compared to cooking on fire in an inglenook, or a wood-burning stove?

	▲	kibwen a day ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, and gas is also better for your indoor air quality than stuffing your food inside a carton of cigarettes and lighting it on fire. But we're comparing against real alternatives, not fake ones.

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roywiggins 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Lighting before/during gaslight was in some ways worse than that, people routinely lit their homes and workplaces with nasty lamp fuels. You could either burn turpentine (which was smokey) or turpentine and alcohol (which wasn't, but was volatile and prone to exploding and setting people on fire).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camphine

Better options existed but weren't as affordable.