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  • prime_factor
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    1 year ago

    I think the gas ban needs more education. So many people still believe that it’s more efficient using a gas heater than reverse cycle.

    We’re now better off burning the gas in a power plant, and running reverse cycles than using gas heating itself.

    • Rusty Raven M
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      1 year ago

      Gas has been the cheaper option for so long, and I think a lot of people mistake that for efficiency. The idea that something can be both less efficient but also cheaper seems counter-intuitive.

      Until very recently gas appliances were the sensible option because the cheaper running costs more than made up for the increased up front costs (unless you are a landlord and will be pushing the operating costs to someone else). That has also changed, which I think a lot of people also haven’t caught up with.

    • landsharkkidd
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      1 year ago

      I checked my local noticeboard a few hours ago and all these people calling this country a dictatorship.

      Sounds exactly like the shit that happened in America where Biden mentioned something about gas stoves and all these politicians and reactionaries are complaining about gas stoves.

      • Rusty Raven M
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        1 year ago

        How dare anyone tell me what to do! I’m supposed to have the freedom to do whatever I like, and people that want freedom from the consequences of my actions are free to leave. The defining mantra of our age.

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          I thought we had freedom of speech in Australia??? Guess we do live in a dictatorship. /s (just in case)

    • melbaboutown
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      1 year ago

      Recently the price of electricity dropped below 0 in Finland due to abundance of renewable energy.

      If it wasn’t for our government we could have had that