If you can, get gas. It's not the cost -- it's the control. With gas you immediately change the amount of heat, whereas with electric or ceramic you have to wait for the coil or plate to cool off. Besides, gas won't be outpricing electricity for some time yet.

But that's for the stovetop.

Electric is the way to go for ovens, and self-cleaning is the only oven to have. For one one, the self-cleaning oven has better insulation, which means you get more bang for your energy buck.

To do this, though, you need a cooktop area and a seperate oven.

Which do you use most, the stovetop or the oven? If it's the stovetop, I'd get gas.