gas or electric stove when mashing/boiling

[Bulin's Milker Bucket Brews]

Why not just pick up a 9.25 gallon DIgiBoil? Can't see where a burner would be much cheaper or more effective.

 

[Hawkbox]

For those of us not in the US it's considerably cheaper to roll your own most of the time.

 

[Zambi]

Our part of the world has lots of powercuts, so gas (and solar) are popular.
Gas bottles (natural gas) are easy to get and work on a deposit system. Typically, we will pay 1-1.5 dollar per kg.
I work with gas and it works well.