RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 year agoMost Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stovesgrist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down18
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkMost Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stovesgrist.orgRvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 year agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squareNoIWontPickaName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoDo you guys all have fireplaces and generators?
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNo, our electric grid has been extremely reliable.
minus-squareNoIWontPickaName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI couldn’t trust that, and it only gets to like -11F around here.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIf you don’t have reliable electricity, then get a generator or wood stove. That’s what rural folk do all around the world.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWood stove as backup is pretty common in some parts of the US anyways. Heat pump + wood stove = not much physical labor + cheap to operate + backup heat for ice storms
Do you guys all have fireplaces and generators?
No, our electric grid has been extremely reliable.
I couldn’t trust that, and it only gets to like -11F around here.
If you don’t have reliable electricity, then get a generator or wood stove.
That’s what rural folk do all around the world.
That’s why I led with that
Wood stove as backup is pretty common in some parts of the US anyways. Heat pump + wood stove = not much physical labor + cheap to operate + backup heat for ice storms