We usually have at least one multi-day power outage here every year. Every few years the outage lasts 5 to 7 days. My old generator would allow me to use the microwave but not the electric range, and definitely not the electric oven. I had to get a newer generator so I went up a bit on power, so now I can use the microwave or ONE of the stovetop burners -- but still not the oven. With a gas range, and a match, I could cook anything, any time.
It’s important to note that building electrification won’t clean up the emissions and other environmental impacts of generating electricity. Advocates note that it’s as much about building the infrastructure for a zero-emission, renewable power system of the future as it is cutting out sources of carbon emissions now. The Sierra Club estimates that a third of the buildings in California that will exist in 2045 will be built between now and then; electrifying now will both cut emissions and help bolster the market for electric appliances.
So all those house being built in California don't have any electric service? I'm betting that they all have at
least 200 amp service and a couple or more spare breaker spaces in their electric panels, so it it ever comes to where electric cooking is really better or necessary, it's not rocket science to add a 240-volt circuit to wherever you want the stove to be.
Isn't Matt Greunig a cartoonist? So this must be a verbal cartoon, right?