You have to pay more for appliances that don’t last as long to reduce electricity use, and then pay for the electricity you are not using. By the way, you also have to pay more in taxes to subsidize putting insulation in low-income housing as well as paying more for electricity to make up the shortfall of their electricity use.
“You have to pay more for appliances that don’t last as long”
My own experience has been good. We remodeled the kitchen ten years ago and dishwasher, range, refrigerator and microwave are all still going strong.
When we remodeled, the prior remodel had been about 50 years prior and, other than a couple of burned out elements on the electric range, things were still working well.