RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 11 months agoMost Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stovesgrist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square172fedilinkarrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoNo, our electric grid has been extremely reliable.
minus-squareNoIWontPickaName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoI couldn’t trust that, and it only gets to like -11F around here.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months 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-squareNoIWontPickaName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s why I led with that
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months 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
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