Homeowners, which of these consumes more energy in your house: space heating or water heating? Either way, Uncle Sam is ready to help you pay for some energy-efficient upgrades.

The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Biden a year ago, created two energy-efficiency rebate programs that could pay some, or even all, of the costs of buying Energy Star-rated appliances, adding insulation or otherwise making your home more efficient.

The rub: States will administer the programs, and each one must apply for its share of the $8.8 billion in federal funds earmarked for the rebates. And some states may opt out.

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One state has already indicated it probably won’t participate. Lawmakers in Tallahassee voted to apply for Florida’s allocation — which, at roughly $346 million, is the third-largest in the country, behind California and Texas. But Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the measure as “woke.” The DoE has not been officially notified, so DeSantis could still change his mind.

  • grte
    55·
    10 months ago

    Gotta figure out how to make AC roll coal.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      12·
      10 months ago

      We were driving the 70-or-so minute drive to my mom’s house and we were stuck behind some asshole rolling coal so much that it literally impaired the vision of the people behind them from all the black smoke. It was so fucking disgusting. Why the hell do people do that? Just to pollute out of spite? I don’t even get it.

      • SpaceCowboy
        12·
        10 months ago

        I had to google rolling coal because I never even heard of it.

        So people pay money to modify their vehicles just to fuck the environment. Holy shit that’s stupid.

        • lad@programming.dev
          2·
          10 months ago

          Same here, and I immediately got to question its legal status and found out that it is apparently not illegal in many states despite US Environment Protection Agency saying so 😢

          I just can’t believe people would do that out of, I dunno, spite? Like breaking an arm to spite your parents or something

          Such meaningful acts of harming others directly or indirectly is what makes me lose faith in humanity sometimes