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Victoria [Australia] bans gas rebates and incentives for homes as shift to all-electric gathers pace (reneweconomy.com.au)
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[–] bouldering_barista@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I'm also pro-electric for the betterment of shifting to renewables, etc., but I also understand that people who have been using gas for a long time will need to adjust. Goodonya for being willing to adjust at least! And as someone else here said (kind of) - not all electric units are made equally so you might have to do some research/experimentation to see what works best for ya