The Redditors’ concerns come amid record electricity usage in the United States. In 2022, the country’s total electricity consumption was reported to be “about 4.07 trillion kWh, the highest amount recorded and 14 times greater than electricity use in 1950,” according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Heating and cooling (air conditioning) account for the largest annual uses of electricity in the residential sector, while refrigeration was among the uses of electricity making up the largest shares of total annual electricity usage in the commercial sector, the EIA says.
‘That Is Lucky’
Reddit users were amazed by the incredible thrift find in the recent post.
“That is lucky,” noted u/sirchtheseeker, and u/Individual-Ruin7612 simply wrote “Score!!!!!!”
U/Addicted-2Diving said: “Epic. I am always hoping to come across one of these, I have yet to. Maybe one day.”
U/Heavy-Bar683 said: “Keep this forever!” and u/AL_Starr added: “I’m so jealous!”
“The old stuff works so much better than what they sell you these days…great find!” noted u/bunchee5.
U/rqivez said: “Great for beer fridge, it’ll never let ya down.”
“That’s really cool,” noted U/Efficient_Sink_8626, warning: “but it’s probably gonna use a lot of electricity. Maybe you could dedicate a solar panel to power it. It’s just such a great find…”
“Good for you! Ignore all the buzz kills on here. If it costs too much, then decide. Sometimes things are just worth it if it brings you joy!” said u/Opening-Ad-7683.
The Reddit post also comes as the global kitchen appliances market size was valued to be $217.74 billion in 2022, with North America accounting for the largest revenue share of 31.7 percent that year, according to a report by Grandview Research.
The market is projected to reach $356.47 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.9 percent from 2023 to 2030. “Cost-effective and energy-efficient products are expected to gain revenue share over the next seven years owing to increasing government focus on curbing energy consumption,” the report noted.
Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via Reddit.
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