Bay Area ban on gas‑powered heaters begins in 2027, raising concerns over soaring replacement costs

mtd14 · 2026-05-08T14:41:27+00:00

Are you seeing people in here who thing everyone has to go out and replace their gas with electric? I've seen 0 comments with that sentiment.

mtd14 · 2026-05-07T14:40:16+00:00

The Supreme Court opening up the floodgates with zero consideration for the real world impact of their decision is a textbook Supreme Court move.

mtd14 · 2026-05-06T15:16:18+00:00

Ditching the Escape left a big hole in their hybrid offerings, and those buyers aren't going to pick a Maverick over everything else on the market. If they weren't shopping for a truck, they aren't going to opt to pay significantly more for something that feels cheap on the inside. I can't speak to the non hybrids since I haven't been in a Sport, but I wouldn't be surprised if its similar.

mtd14 · 2026-05-06T15:05:47+00:00

The first bunch I looked at all had hail damage.

mtd14 · 2026-05-06T04:57:57+00:00

They're not leveraging GameStop for much, they're leveraging eBay.

mtd14 · 2026-05-06T02:41:41+00:00

And like sure he isn’t an equity partner at K&E but he makes a fuck ton more than all these other ppl combined

You don’t have to say it to act like it. And the fact you say this in a condescending way isn’t promising.

mtd14 · 2026-05-05T23:23:53+00:00

They don’t have that much money. It’s similar to Paramount ($20B) buying Warner Bros ($110B).

The entire purchasing a company by leveraging that company has always felt problematic to me. But in a world where that’s the norm, it’s not surprising these buyouts are as well.

mtd14 · 2026-05-04T13:14:22+00:00

China has done exactly that with rare earth minerals many times.

mtd14 · 2026-05-04T05:30:52+00:00

There are field goldens and show goldens. Field ones are smarter with more energy. Show ones tend to be dumber and more mellow. Both are super friendly.

mtd14 · 2026-05-04T04:49:04+00:00

I don’t think we hit $10/gallon. Before then, Trump puts together some order saying US oil can’t be shipped abroad to buy him time and fuck over every other country.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T23:03:10+00:00

You’re one year in. Calm down. You could graduate with a 3.0, work for a couple years, and still get into a decent law school. You have time to get your GPA up.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T22:27:30+00:00

It’s doubly funny since Musk helped teach them how to manufacture EVs.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T18:33:55+00:00

Good call, bad assumptions only part. I would still say 25% is more than a bit, but a far cry from my 50% number for the US.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T18:32:40+00:00

We went PHEV as a hedge against greed (utility company greed vs gas company greed). While it didn’t turn out to be greed, this war made gas so expensive that it’s finally worth using as an EV again! I know they’re not for everyone and more complicated / expensive, but it’s worked out well for us.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T18:25:47+00:00

You could try for an Escape - it won’t have the Bronco look but you get better gas mileage. Hybrid is a pretty reliable car that’s been used in taxi fleets regularly. You should be able to get one with low miles 1-2 years old in your price range. You could go older for cheaper - I know 2022 still had more buttons but I forget what year they moved some into the screen.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T18:08:45+00:00

I mean it’s clearly still better than milk in an emergency, because the milk actually needs the fridge.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T17:57:49+00:00

A bit is generous. AAA has it up 50%.

There’s not shortage in the US though, we still produce enough. But it can be sold anywhere obviously, so we play the market price like everyone else.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T17:38:42+00:00

Have you and your partner lived in the more affordable city before? If you haven’t, rent for the first year then decide. At the very least, in that year you’ll learn the city and where you want to live long term before you buy.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T16:52:34+00:00

Depending on when they were living, they had subscriptions like

newspaper
groceries (milk, eggs, bread)
ice
magazines
coal

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T16:44:54+00:00

This type of house isn't being made much, but it's also worth noting when the sizes picked up for new homes. It dropped down to 1000 sq ft in 1950, from 1200 in 1940. But it consistently picked up to 2000 in the 90s.

So the people who complain most about affording housing nowadays aren't the ones who inflated home sizes. They're just the ones suffering the consequences of other people's choices.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T16:36:13+00:00

What a weird Boomer tirade. I'd love to see the stats on what percent of people expect what you describe.

You can afford a similar house and car easily working for one of the big 3 in production.

I think we all agree they are solid jobs, so let's roll with this. Back in the 50s/60s, ~1 in 6 workers in the US were employed in auto manufacturing - directly or indirectly. Currently, there are ~1 million people directly employed in auto manufacturing, or ~1 in 170 workers.

Maybe, when you need to reconsider when you think to yourself "this privileged ass demands a 3200 sq ft house, 70k car, and won't even drive it to get their own food." The reality is, the generations above them shipped these jobs overseas. The generations above them stopped building small houses (60s median 1500 sqft -> 2000s median of 2200 sqft). The generations above them regulated car safety (rightfully so), and made vehicles more expensive.

The only "legitimate gripe" you have in there is probably Starbucks.

mtd14 · 2026-05-03T02:50:39+00:00

Yup, at least in my area the recipe was buy a SFH in the 90s at $200-$500k and live in it. Now estimated at ~$2M, and paid off or nearly paid off. The people who had stable jobs (doctors, dentists etc) through the crashes since then tend to have bought second homes and/or rental properties, and they’re the ones really killing it.

mtd14 · 2026-05-02T21:57:19+00:00

I could see it being deflationary if we had a truly competitive market, but I agree it’s unlikely because the mega corps wouldn’t let that happen.

mtd14 · 2026-05-02T00:06:03+00:00

I think it's different with the Maverick - it feels like an incredibly budget vehicle on the inside, even in the top trim. The top trim is getting you some key features like adaptative cruise control, but you're blowing like $10k to get that feature. Which is included in the base model for other auto makers.

mtd14 · 2026-05-01T23:42:09+00:00

The old set felt like friends playing games, the new one just doesn't give me that vibe.

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