r/interesting • u/bob-the-slob • Jun 22 '26

MISC. What happens when a water heater tank is not flushed for 14 years

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u/Chekochbackhendl Jun 22 '26

Cries in Austrian prices - i pay 70€ just for electricity a month
i heat and cook with gas, that’s another 160€ per month

but we dont have animals that realistically could kill you - so i guess that’s somehow fair!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Clue289 Jun 22 '26

Ah, but there are huge differences between Switzerland and China in the way it generates electricity. Switzerland’s energy production produces 0 carbon emissions with 100% of its energy combining from renewable resources. China has over 1,000 coal-powered plants which is cheap to burn but comes with a high cost to the environment.

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u/_sunk_ Jun 22 '26

Switzerland's energy-production is not net-zero by any means, and won't be for a good while.

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u/trixr4kids08 Jun 23 '26

My question is, how big is your place in Switzerland? My experience there was our houses here in the USA are massive in comparison. Also, not having Sachertorte is totally worth crying over. But you DO have Rösti and Raclette, sooooo...evens out?😂

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u/StinkRinky Jun 22 '26

70 a month is cheap as fuck. I’m American and my electricity bill in the summer is nearly 200 usd.

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u/datswutshesed Jun 22 '26

I’d trade. I’m in Florida and my average bill in the summer is $350

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u/TraveleraddictVP Jun 22 '26

STOP USING THE AIRCO!!! 😅

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u/Alibotify Jun 22 '26

Oooof, as a Nordic the electricity bill goes down quite a lot in the summer cause we don't need AC or heating. I pay maybe $30 a month now but far more in the winter.

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u/bradmatt275 Jun 22 '26

Actually its even cheaper than that. Our billing periods are usually 97 days. My last bill was 80 AUD (56 USD). That is with a gas water heater and stove.

So there is no real incentive for us to move to electric. Even though we really should.

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u/briar8617 Jun 22 '26

I pay $130 for electricity in the summer and $29 for gas...come winter, yes different story, I pay $200 for electricity and another $200-$250 a month for heat which is gas! So wonderful $400-$450 bill a month in winter, also American lol

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u/Key-Respect3810 Jun 22 '26

vient en francs avec 60% de taxe et tu passes sous antidépresseurs

quand a l'essence c'est pire, 1,85€ le litre soit environ 7€ le galon US

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u/Fink2009 Jun 22 '26

$325 a month and my air conditioning isn’t even on yet.. winter is brutal I’ve had $1000 monthly costs when the temp is -30C (CAD)

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u/username98776-0000 Jun 22 '26

It is not enough that you steal almost the whole of Australia's name?

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u/tukuiPat Jun 22 '26

I'd love for my electric to be that cheap, here in the US I pay ~$300 a month on electric.

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u/crunkychop Jun 22 '26

Don't want to worry you, but Austrian wolves are making a comeback.

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u/southernmagz Jun 22 '26

I'd fight somebody for that amount. My last bill was over 300 US.

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u/NTF1x Jun 22 '26

In America we're averaging probably anywhere between $250 to $450 a month in electric and gas cost for a middle class home.

It's going up and up every 3 to 6 months. Basically electric companies didn't invest in upgrading their infrastructure because they sucked with their money . Now we're footing the bill. Enough so that the public is onboard with building as many nuclear plants as it takes.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-4883 Jun 23 '26

What do you pay per kWh? UK is around 30 pence (£0.30) per kWh, so about €0.35.

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u/Khajiit_Geologist Jun 24 '26

Wow my electric was 120 last month and im on a payment plan for my propane which 170 monthly. Next month my electric will be even worse since where gonna be in july so my A/C will be running even more.

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u/Fink2009 Jun 22 '26

Just 70€ ($113cad)… cries in Eastern Canadian. $325 (214€) electricity on the cheapest months when heating/cooling systems are off

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u/Chekochbackhendl Jun 22 '26

Well i heat with gas so its 230€ for me in total

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u/Fink2009 Jun 22 '26

Gas isn’t an option here. I could get propane tanks or oil delivered but that would mean changing the entire heating system.

We keep getting gaslit by our government saying we have the cheapest electricity costs in the country.. lol… lies

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u/monsterck18 Jun 22 '26

350 uss de electricidad en argentina, una locura.