Prediction: 2023 will be the year that induction stoves and heat pumps will become subsumed in the culture wars.
As in "coastal elites use pronouns, e-bikes, and induction stoves."
(Unless this has already happened and I haven't noticed, in which case it wouldn't be much of a prediction.)
And..are there folks working on communications campaigns to prevent this, cause it seems likely to me that fossil fuel interests are working on campaigns to encourage it.
@bethsawin Is this not more of a nuanced contextual thing? I've been starting to replace natural gas appliances for alternatives, and yet I'm also really interested in small-scale #biodigesters + #biogas stoves, rocket mass heaters, architecting better ventilation setups, etc. where appropriate.
The #electrifyeverything movement has to also think about #materialblindness , lifetime duration, rebuildability, electricity transmission, etc. or it'll breed it's own divisions.
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