monomaniacally are obsessed with energy-efficient appliances & gadgets
Which are often garbage, by the way.
Source: live in the EU and I have to run every washing machine and dish washer program with "extra heat" and "extra rinsing" to get a half-decent job out of them.
Thats because renewables are shit at actually producing energy. While we are doing this we keep penalizing other forms of energy, which are reliable and consistent, which is extremely important for grid stability.
Funny how the power companies commitment to “renewable energy” just mean doubling your expenses while expanding energy production a whole… 3%
They preach energy consumption & monomaniacally are obsessed with energy-efficient appliances & gadgets.
Then it's all surprised pikachu face "Power usage is way down, we'll have to jack up the kwh rates to compensate to pay for the grid upkeep".
Which are often garbage, by the way.
Source: live in the EU and I have to run every washing machine and dish washer program with "extra heat" and "extra rinsing" to get a half-decent job out of them.
Thats because renewables are shit at actually producing energy. While we are doing this we keep penalizing other forms of energy, which are reliable and consistent, which is extremely important for grid stability.