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HeyLaughingBoyyesterday at 6:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think that age started over 100 years ago.


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badc0ffeeyesterday at 6:38 PM

The conversion to all-electric homes is more recent, and hasn't even started in some places. Here in Canada, some jurisdictions require newly constructed houses and apartments to have electric heat and cooling (heat pump, with resistive heat as a backup), an electric dryer and stove, and an electric water heater (tank or tankless). Others jurisdictions are still using gas furnaces and gas-fired hot water tanks.

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wffurryesterday at 6:28 PM

It's accelerating. Electrification of infrastructure and buildings is a huge growth area with big delays in projects due to lack of capacity.