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minus-squareCurious CanidlinkfedilinkEnglish14•1 month agoThe big problem is that those billions of dollars in savings would cost billions of dollars in profits for energy companies. As long as Citizens United remains in place, we are unlikely to see any legislation to encourage people to switch.
minus-square@Jazstalink6•1 month agoThere are plenty of incentives encouraging people to switch, many coming from the inflation reduction act
minus-squareCurious CanidlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoMy concern is that I expect those incentives to be removed very quickly under the next administration.
minus-square@AA5Blink1•edit-21 month agoSeriously. I expected to be replacing my gas furnace with heat pump in the next few years, but now I have to figure out if I can or should do it asap
The big problem is that those billions of dollars in savings would cost billions of dollars in profits for energy companies. As long as Citizens United remains in place, we are unlikely to see any legislation to encourage people to switch.
There are plenty of incentives encouraging people to switch, many coming from the inflation reduction act
My concern is that I expect those incentives to be removed very quickly under the next administration.
Seriously. I expected to be replacing my gas furnace with heat pump in the next few years, but now I have to figure out if I can or should do it asap
Time to kiss all that goodbye