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In California, plans to move low-income neighborhoods off of gas advance (www.canarymedia.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

How is this fucking poor people? They’re providing them free infrastructure upgrades.

I am in the process of electrifying and it saves me money. The electrical options are much more efficient and gas is expensive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Don't know if you're in California and poor, or not. I am. Gas is way cheaper. Don't misunderstand me, I think things have to move in this direction, but unless it comes with a big subsidy (something along the lines of the heat pumps mentioned in the article), make no mistake, it's fucking poor people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

How much cheaper is gas? In the UK gas is 1/3 the cost of electricity per mw, but gas boilers are less than 1/3 as efficient so heat pumps are still cheaper to run.