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Old fridges am I right? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 105 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Less energy efficient

Worse airflow, Uneven cooling -> food spoils quicker

May contain CFC's

Fuck old fridges

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    The worse energy efficiency is annoying, but the added cost of electricity is absolutely nothing compared to the cost of buying a new fridge every 5 years.

    The uneven airflow/cooling is manageable, since it's usually fairly minor.

    As for the CFCs, that only matters if it leaks, and the fridge wouldn't have lasted 50 years if it leaked.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    If the 20x is correct, you may be talking about the difference between $50/year and $1,000/year to operate it, so after five years you could buy quite a nice new fridge with the savings.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I live in a really cold climate with electric baseboard heating (it's dumb. I didn't build the place I rent) so an inefficient fridge or freezer just takes money out of my heating bill and puts it into my keep-food-from-rotting bill

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    I mean yeah if money is literally the only factor. Some people worry what would happen if every household chucks a fucking fridge in the landfill every 5 years.

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