Good sir, have you ever used an electric stove? Every gas stove I've ever used excels only at precise and immediate control of heat and totally sucks at actually delivering heat. making bagels on a gas stove is such a pain in the neck because even the "power" burner can barely keep a large dutch oven of soda water boiling. The small burner on the electric stove? I have to keep at half power otherwise the starchy water boils over.

I've never used an industrial gas stove, only residential. But comparing apples to apples, residential electric ranges obliterate gas when it comes to power delivery.

Cannot speak for induction as I've never used one, but I'd expect it to be the best of both worlds based on the physics.

Indction maybe, it's very efficient, but not gas. It's heating the room as much as the pot, especially if the pot is mismatched to the ring size, so a lid is essential in my experience.

California has been trying to make gas stoves illegal for new construction for a while now. I don't know what the current situation is.

> When you have a good stove, the difference between lid or no lid is very small.

That's...not true at all.