For many households, including mine, the single biggest energy user is the fridge, so energy efficient fridges can make a significant difference to bills and to emissions. Could governments run a scrappage scheme for old fridges, or discounted fridges for low income households to help cut their energy costs? I was wondering about this, and discovered that Kazakhstan have already tried it.
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In Massachusetts they will give you $100 for your old fridge.
My sister has a high efficiency fridge and dishwasher.
The fridge has a tiny motor that has to run all he time, but I guess uses less power.
Her dish washer uses less water but can run for 6 hours!
I do believe that efficiency is the best way to cut back on power consumption but I’m not sure how well it works with appliances.