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Of 11 seasonal items in Guardian price comparison, six hit highest price in last three months, with some nearly doubling in price in last week

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[–] djdarren@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Somehow, the market only ever pushes prices up for things we want to buy, and down for things we want to sell.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Dehumidifiers will go up in price around early winter when people start to dry clothes inside and get damp problems. So now is the time to buy.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck capitalism.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Should get a heat pump to move heat from your house to your hot tub

[–] DavidGA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You joke, but integrated systems that can actually do this do exist.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Don't think my house has enough heat in it to do that very well, but I guess if it used both my house and surrounding air then it might work alright. Some days it's hot enough you could just use a heat exchanger to warm a pool nicely.

How hot do people want their pools normally? I am used to just swimming in the sea which is 8-18c here.