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If this makes it easier to build new buildings/housing, I'm all for it.
by eachro 3y ago
If this makes it easier to build new buildings/housing, I'm all for it.
- HideousKojima 3y agoNope, it'll make it harder and more expensive
- snarf21 3y agoGenuinely curious: how so?
- jstanley 3y agoHow could banning something make it easier to do something? You already had the option not to do it, now you no longer have the option. It can only be neutral or worse.
- Thorrez 3y agoI mostly agree, but there are some slight reasons that could contribute to making it easier: * It could improve the economy of scale for electric, with more supply chains and installers getting used to it, reducing price. * It removes the paradox of choice, so there's more time for building and less time wasted making a decision.
- swexbe 3y agoDeveloper incentives often don't the buyer's. Leaky pipes can be a nightmare to maintain but the developer obviously doesn't care.
- dragonwriter 3y agoGas hookups not being a practical requirement makes building new homes easier. Gas being prohibited makes it no longer a feature developers feel is needed to be competitive with other new buildings competing in the same local market, making it no longer a practical requirement.
- nonethewiser 3y agoHow would adding obstacles make building new houses easier?
- voisin 3y agoEliminating gas piping and venting will make it easier. I just priced a gas water heater and a heat pump water heater in a commercial setting. $4500 for gas with all venting and piping requirements included. $2750 for heat pump water heater, which should also have lower operating costs.