“Pellets are a false good idea, now you have to cut down trees to produce them and it costs an arm and a leg”: Stove

On should have known something was up this summer when people on beach towels were trying advice on heat pumps and pellet stoves before slathering on sunscreen. The movement has been confirmed by the drop in temperature: the climate crisis and the increase in energy prices oblige, all equipped with individual heating, now have conversations with plumbers and heating engineers. The arrival of Linky meters and other connected devices has contributed to this increase in skills: with your eyes on the real-time electricity consumption table, you can enjoy all kinds of heating and “ hang up drawing good or bad conclusions. To create links between Bellet’s hair and the stove, now in the winter of 2022, we no longer care about how things are, but how we warm ourselves.

How to recognize them?

They are still surprised by their new knowledge. They have received or given many times in the last twelve months endless world (Dargaud), comics by Jean-Marc Yankovic and Christoph Blaine, and they’re talking about them now too “Energy Blend”. They didn’t think that one day they would follow the price of fuel like others followed the price of Bitcoin. They talk about their heater plumbing tips as their compression (“He told me it wasn’t the right time”). When the price of the granules rose, they thought when they bought a Nespresso coffee maker and found they would have to order the expensive varieties online. Even those who vote for the right have quasi-communist arguments for controlling grain prices. After equipping a heat pump or pellet boiler, they absorb the accumulated information and provide advice to everyone around them. They use the possessive article before the words “installer” or “heating engineer”.

how they talk

“Even last year, I didn’t know that a heat pump at an altitude of 800 meters was not a good idea. » “Parisians, when they go to the village, they want something that burns. They want the smell and crunch, but they don’t know, it doesn’t get hot 2 meters away. “Pellets are a false good idea, now you have to cut down trees to produce them and it costs an arm and a leg. “A wood burning fireplace is a lot of work during the day. » “I sent them my stove maid. » “I have a friend in Perche who is involved in the group purchase of fuel. » “If I program the pellet stove from 6 am to 8 am, wake up at 7 and leave at 8, it avoids turning on the boiler. » “The pellets are made 100 kilometers from here, don’t tell me that the war in Ukraine caused their price! » “If I pick up a new customer, the wood stove installer offers me wine. » “When I told him that I was warming myself with oil, I got the impression that my husband had left me with the children. »