• kautau@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah many people don’t “shut off” their stoves. There’s a pilot light constantly emitting a little bit of benzene. The apartment unit I lived in for years had gas stoves with pilot lights in all the units

    • Zorro_King_of_Englan@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Most gas stoves I’ve used have electric starters, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one with a pilot light. I’m in the US for reference, not sure how it is elsewhere.

      • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyz
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        1 year ago

        The only pilot lights I’ve ever seen were on massive professional restaurant ranges with big 24/7 running fumehoods so…

      • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I had one when we lived in a house with propane. Anyway, the oven had a pilot flame but the burners had electric igniters.