@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-square165fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down18
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkMost Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stovesgrist.org@RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net • 1 year agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-square@alvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 year agoNo, our electric grid has been extremely reliable.
minus-squareNoIWontPickaNamelinkfedilink0•1 year agoI couldn’t trust that, and it only gets to like -11F around here.
minus-square@alvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•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-square@silence7@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilink1•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
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