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   cy (cy@fedicy.us.to)'s status on Monday, 19-May-2025 14:25:12 JST cy

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   • alcinnz
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   • Gerry McGovern
   Heat pumps are... fine. If #degrowth requires us to stop using heat pumps, since we can't get the fancy steel, plastic and electronics anymore, you might be wearing warmer clothing, and building smaller houses, with wood stoves. Or moving south. What I'd say is heat pumps aren't important. Stop the insane overconsumption/overproduction, whether or not it impacts our heat pumpage.
   
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     alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 19-May-2025 14:25:14 JST alcinnz

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     • Gerry McGovern

     I'm wondering whether @gerrymcgovern is getting a bit too cynical. He's been ranting against renewables on his blog.

     And while I agree that they're not the entire solution (we need to be more radicle!), I am convinced that they're part of it. I'm not seeing it acknowledged that with renewables (apart from nuclear), the mining is no longer a consumable.
     It gets to me when he off-handedly vilifies heatpumps at the same time!

     @TechConnectify has pushed back on this narrative, & I agree with him.