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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I’d settle for no new gas hookups. Why are we allowing people to waste money on new infrastructure for something we just need to get rid of? You know they’ll just come whining for handouts in ten years when they realize they ve wasted their money. Why allow people to shortsightedly think they’re saving a little up front at the expense of more breathing issues later?

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

A lot of people getting these installed don't have the choice. My new build home (2023) has gas and I was very frustrated by this, basically every home in my area uses gas and it's not something I could opt out of since I didn't control the home as it was being built. I do plan on replacing my gas appliances basically as soon as I can reasonably afford it, but there are other amenities new homes also don't come with that I need to deal with first.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Mine is much older so gas was an excellent choice. Some of my neighborhood has oil heat which is much worse. I don’t know if mine was always gas, but I see no sign of oil

Anyhow, now that I’ve lived here 20 years, everything is coming up on replacement age. I decided “if it dies, it gets electrified”, but maybe I’m close enough

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