• nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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    14 hours ago

    Less energy efficient

    Worse airflow, Uneven cooling -> food spoils quicker

    May contain CFC’s

    Fuck old fridges

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      6 hours ago

      I know someone with a 50s fridge, the inside is a giant lazy susan, very cool and unique. But yeah we did some back-of-envelope math, and it uses about 20x as much energy as my modern fridge.

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      5 hours ago

      The worse energy efficiency is annoying, but the added cost of electricity is absolutely nothing compared to the cost of buying a new fridge every 5 years.

      The uneven airflow/cooling is manageable, since it’s usually fairly minor.

      As for the CFCs, that only matters if it leaks, and the fridge wouldn’t have lasted 50 years if it leaked.