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Keen to get off gas in your home, but struggling to make the switch? Research shows you're not alone (theconversation.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Treevan@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

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Was going to post this to !aus but I'll keep it in here for now. I don't want to dirty up elsewhere with the excessive posting.

That's because part of a gas bill includes the fixed cost of running gas infrastructure - so as progressively fewer people use gas, the remaining users pay more.

We studied households in Victoria: the state with the highest prevalence of residential gas use in Australia and where plans for an economy-wide transition away from fossil gas are underway.

Just one in ten surveyed households had replaced gas appliances with electric ones within the past five years.

Many respondents were unsure about the relative benefits of electric versus gas appliances when it came to cost, reliability, safety and the environment.

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[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Downvoters:

Does this mean you want me to remove energy-related stuff from the sidebar and community and leave it for someone else to post?

Or are you shills for big gas and you don't like the content?

Please tell me. Tough one to ascertain if you don't say anything.

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I gotta stop the either or. Now I can't tell what the upvotes mean.

Maybe in the future I will ask questions via comment eg. "Downvote this comment if you want to see less of this content".

Unfortunately, downvotes aren't helping an algorithm at all. I need verbal abuse to find out what readers want.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wouldn't try to guess what the downvotes mean. Until someone pipes up just keep posting.

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on the fence with energy related stuff, could it be better in politics? I'm reasonably selective and leave a lot of content for others to pick up. Energy is almost political these days.

Perhaps I'll take environmental damage from mines, air pollution, things like that.

I'll wind up the regular content soon anyway. Cheers for the comment.

[–] ephemeral_gibbon@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Energy is definitely of environmental concern, it's very close to the most important thing because of co2 emissions

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Definitely. But it's also political and it's not good having one community hoover up everything. If they are crossposted to every slightly relevant community on the local instance, it can damage the local feed (depending on how you view it, eg. what app).

If I'm posting, I'll try and set a line that I don't cross based on how much of the environment it impacts (even though technically it impacts everything). Reneweconomy.com.au has lots of content that I don't post, for one example.

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could be Voyager users going back to the previous screen by swiping…

Though I’m starting the process of transitioning. It’s a lot to think about and a multitude of tradies to live up before making the switch.

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Voyager just released customisable gestures now that you mention it. I'm trialling with it off for a while. I do accidentally upvote when using the back gesture on Android at times.

[–] Urbaer@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a renter of there were incentives for landlords to make the transition I'd be asking them to switch us over.

But as there's not I can't really see that there's much benefit to them in doing so

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I've got gas. I just bought a portable induction and use that instead. Covers 75% of the usage usually. That's 75% less pollution in the house.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I’m trying to de-gasify my home. I get charged $20 a month on the gas bill whether I use gas that month or not. Such a waste of money.