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>> refuse to buy heat pumps even though the payback is measured in years. Someone who has to scrape together $1000 NOW to heat their home this winter isn't "re

• mrweasel 4y ago
  We're back to "it's expensive to be poor". I have friends in the same situation, except they rent their home, so they couldn't even invest in a heat pump if they had the money. Overall they could have a rather significant amount of money each year, if they bought a home. That would require being able to afford the down payment... Which they could, if they had access to the potential savings from owning their own home. It's a vicious circle, trapping the poorest in a circle of poverty from which there is little escape, even in social welfare states.
  • willnonya 4y ago
    Ya, that's not whybthey can't scrape together the down payment and it isn't a viscious cycle. At best its a catch 22, not a cycle.