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New York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program (citylimits.org)

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[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 13 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Maybe if we go for 1,000,000 pilot programs we can piecemeal sneak ourselves into some kind of real change.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The plan is to do a limited-scale pilot, then do 10,000 apartments once a smooth process doing the upgrade is in place

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[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah, test cases to feel out doing shit at scale is good cautious practice for not fucking upat scale

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[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 point 10 months ago

Sadly, a lot of things only make it to the pilot stage, regardless of how great the results might look.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 point 10 months ago

Now, if the Lemmy community could pour together funds, and concentrate on renovating key areas, we can make a drastic difference

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