SamsonSeinfelder ( @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de ) 17•11 months agoObligatory climate town video:
Barttier ( @barttier@feddit.de ) 2•11 months agoRelevant!
peterpan520 ( @peterpan520@feddit.de ) 16•11 months agoElectric stroves are common in Germany. Probably 95 % of the people have one. We don’t have nuclear power plants and we still have a stable grid ;-) just sayin’.
shottymcb ( @shottymcb@lemm.ee ) 4•11 months agoI live in the US and I’ve never been in a house or apartment with a gas stove. Maybe they’re more common up north where they use gas for heating.
ClammyMantis488 ( @ClammyMantis488@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months agoThey’re pretty common in more rural areas. My parents live rural California and they lose power for at least a week every year. A gas stove is a must.
peterpan520 ( @peterpan520@feddit.de ) 1•11 months agoSorry, obviously not from the US. Is a week per year every year without energy common in rural areas? In Germany that would be outrages. On the other hand, Germany is small compared to the US.
cobra89 ( @cobra89@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months agoThey’re very common in the north east. I think I’ve lived in more places with gas stoves than electric.
Nonameuser678 ( @Nonameuser678@aussie.zone ) 2•11 months agoYou also have a 99% literacy rate and invest heavily in your education sector.
Fushuan [he/him] ( @fushuan@lemm.ee ) English2•11 months agoWe don’t have nuclear power plants and we still have a stable grid ;-)
Yeah you burn coal, idk why you had to mention nuclear when their issue is that their grid is horrendously mantained becasue of greedy corporations.
prole ( @prole@beehaw.org ) 14•11 months agoHow have left-leaning people in the media (or corporations, neither left or right, for that matter) not figured out how to harness the ease at which conservatives will turn on a product or technology based on who the messenger was? Seems so easy to intentionally manipulate.
Like the gas stove shit (in the US). How simple was it for Fox News, etc., to get millions of people who had no opinion on gas stoves whatsoever minutes earlier, to suddenly be willing to die to preserve their right to own gas stoves against some faceless enemy who is, in their addled minds, coming to their home to forcibly take their stoves away? To have them turn an apolitical scientific /medical discovery into a wedge issue overnight? Similarly with Bud Lite… Soooo easy to manipulate these people’s opinions/brand preferences/etc.
There has to be a way to harness that power for good… Like, can we convince them that entering voting machines turn you trans or some shit?
Someone much smarter and more media savvy than I should be doing something like this.
Edit: apologies for the USA- centric references, still getting used to checking what instance I’m on before commenting. Regardless, I think the overall point stands.
Also, seems like corporations have figured it out to a point since this article itself is about gas company lobbying.
Where are the leftists with these tactics? Are we all collectively just too ethical for that kind of dirty shit?
spiffmeister ( @spiffmeister@aussie.zone ) 4•11 months agoI agree it would be good to be able to harness this sort of BS tactic, but I think part of the problem is that the people who generally use these tactics just don’t give a shit about what’s true. The other thing is that conservative groups and businesses tend to have a lot more money and control over media platforms that left wing groups do, so it’s much easier to spread their message.
abhibeckert ( @abhibeckert@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months agoWhere are the leftists with these tactics? Are we all collectively just too ethical for that kind of dirty shit?
Well for one thing in Australia they’re not trying to reduce the voter turnout, because failing to show up at the polling booth on election day is a crime in this country (you don’t have to vote… but you do have to turn up at the polling booths, or use one of the alternatives available for people who can’t do that).
landsharkkidd ( @landsharkkidd@aussie.zone ) English14•11 months agoAnd the chucklefucks on local Facebook groups are gonna eat this shit up.
threadworms ( @sizz@aussie.zone ) 9•11 months agoI am queensland, I have never seen a gas stove. We seem to be doing fine.
Getawombatupya ( @Getawombatupya@aussie.zone ) 1•11 months agoDitto to Tasmanians
Ducks ( @Ducks@ducks.dev ) English7•11 months agoI’ll be changing from gas to induction in October. Excited to get this gas stove behind me with all the known health risks, but kinda nervous as someone who cooks a ton to learn induction. But everyone seems to love it so I’m sure it’ll be a fine transition.
Rusty Raven ( @RustyRaven@aussie.zone ) 4•11 months agoInduction stoves are great to cook with, I’d say they are better than gas for almost everything. Probably a wok is the only one most people will have an issue with, and having been stuck with an old electric coil stove in the past and managing to make decent stir-frys I really don’t think that moving to a flat bottomed wok on an induction stove should be a deal breaker.
ihavenopeopleskills ( @ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social ) 7•11 months agoI wish solar panels were more affordable
iNeedScissors67 ( @iNeedScissors67@kbin.social ) 3•11 months agoI got a quote yesterday for panels on my roof (in the US). $43,000. Fucking ludicrous
NightSicarius 🇦🇺 ( @NightSicarius@aussie.zone ) English4•11 months agoHere in South Australia, we paid $4000 all up for our 6.6 kW solar system just a few years ago. System price was $7600 and we got $3600 back from the STC rebate thingy.
- Taleya ( @Taleya@aussie.zone ) 1•11 months ago
Jesus Christ we paid like 9k for our 10kw system. Woulda been 14 without subsidies/STCs
They are quite cheap in Australia, especially combined with subsidies.
SaveComengs ( @SaveComengs@lemmy.federa.net ) English1•11 months agosuburbia 🗿