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Crunching our plant's data has me doubting the electric furnace push
Switching to electric sounds nice, but it misses the problem of dirty power sources. We need to fix the grid first for it to matter.
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quinn1956mo ago
My own eco-upgrade left me boiling water on a camp stove (not as fun as it sounds). Maybe I should've read the grid fine print first.
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brianm665mo ago
My neighbor's solar install got delayed for months because of a local transformer upgrade. The tech is ready but the old wires just can't handle it. We're putting new wine in very old bottles.
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hugo3196mo ago
Totally get what you mean about the grid. My buddy in Texas swapped his home heating to a fancy electric system last year. Then their grid had brownouts during a cold snap. The power surges fried the control board in his new unit. He was back on a space heater for a week while waiting for parts. Makes you wonder if the upfront cost is even worth it before the foundation is solid, right?
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daniel_gonzalez6mo ago
Actually, holding off on electric because the grid isn't perfect feels like waiting for a full cure before treating the disease. Tech moves forward by people adopting it and pushing for the needed upgrades at the same time. That Texas story is more about the need for better home backup systems and grid hardening, not a reason to stop switching. If we all wait for a perfect green grid, we'll be burning gas forever.
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