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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yeah, nah, I'm on the side of the government paying for utilities. Human right to electricity. Figure out a system to prevent overuse, but everyone deserves to have heating and cooling when needed.

That said, definitely wear a sweater in the winter if you can. Acclimate to the season and you'll hate going outside a lot less, and need less heating in the winter. I typically don't heat most of my home in the winter (I don't have central heating). I just use a space heater in whatever room I'm in, and move it to the next room with me, and wear warm clothes. I'm in Tennessee, which routinely gets well below freezing in the winter. Not ideal, but it works

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Figure out a system to prevent overuse

If we're going down the "government should pay for it" route, then a good solution would be subsidizing thermal insulation. It's a big investment upfront, but will save a lot of money for both homeowners and the government in the future. Not to mention the obvious ecological benefits.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Absolutely. We should be subsidizing anything and everything that helps decrease energy usage, especially in ways that mean we don't have to make big changes to lifestyle. Though that's a whole other discussion. :/ But utilities in general, electricity, water, Internet, gas (though if possible move that shit to electric) should be public and no cost at the point of use, imho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That would require them to think long term and logically , Also i assume lots of companies would not like that they won't be able to get as much profit.

Don't get me wrong I definitely agree but there's just so much things that would work better, be cheaper more efficient and better for the environment but that would cost money and not make much profit. Sometimes I have hope people will get fed up with this BS and change happens but mostly I'm skeptical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What temp is freezing in F? Is it still defined by the temp water freezes at, like in C, or do you guys have a different scale for this too?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

32°F is freezing. 0°F (-18C) happens, but isn't too common in most of the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

32f is the same as 0c, and they're both freezing. 0c is the temp at which brine freezes, but nobody really knows/cares about that. Where I live it down to -25f/-31c at least a few times a year, and normally you can expect at least a few weeks to a month below 32f/0c, but the last few years have been mild

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

0c is the temp at which brine freezes

I looked that bit up as it didn't seem right, you mixed up 'f' and 'c'.

Water freezes at 0c and brine freezes at 0f.

That's a good fact though about 0f being the freeze point of brine, it's helping me visualise the scale of f a bit better. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah @[email protected] that’s neat, never knew that!

(btw congrats on having accounts across the most instances I’ve seen!)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Also, gotta say, I love Lemmy, but it still weirds me out being recognized across multiple communities. Like, noticing the same users in one subreddit over and over, or being recognized in the sub is one thing. But on Lemmy I notice the same names pop up in multiple communities, and have had people continue conversations from one community in another because they recognize the username. It's a weird experience. I feel like I'm in Mayberry. Lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Made several because instances were going down left and right at one point. Lol. Finally settled on slrpnk, and only ever use this one when I accidently log into it without paying attention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Whoops, yeah, typod that one. Sorry!