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he Biden administration announced new goals on Thursday aiming at cutting utility bills by 20 percent this decade.

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[–] jerome@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] _bug0ut@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Who are we kidding anyway? They're still going to go up 80% over the same period of time.

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I feel like the headline and the story are not the same

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Insulation, I guess.

[–] LavaPlanet@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago
[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

How is there a chance of doing this while also pushing electric vehicles? EVs are going to add a lot of demand to the grid. Even if every house has solar, I don’t think they can charge two electric cars, heat and cool, and also run their other appliances. There will be added load.

Also, I agree with the comments about focusing more on the overall supply of housing in order to drive down cost.

Who cares when your electricity bill goes from $200 to $400 per month when mortgage payments go from $2000 to $6000 per month in the span of a couple of years.

I’d rather pay a $400 energy bill and have a $2000 mortgage.