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Consumers prefer lower electricity bills, so there must be tradeoffs to these efficiency standards that the article does not acknowledge.
by Bostonian 2y ago
Consumers prefer lower electricity bills, so there must be tradeoffs to these efficiency standards that the article does not acknowledge.
- creato 2y agoThe people I would expect to complain about this are landlords that buy water heaters while their renters pay the electricity bill to run it. I lived in an old apartment once where I offered to buy a smart thermostat that would have paid for itself in less than a year. The landlord still refused. I think the mismatch in economic incentives for energy efficiency between landlords and renters is a huge problem that prevents a lot of no-brainer upgrades from being done.
- pfdietz 2y agoOne concern is the reliability of more complex water heaters. It's difficulty to tell ahead of time how long they will last.