[AstralStorm]

Yeah right. Because building a freezer that goes to -30 C is as cheap as going to -18 C. It's much beefier hardware with a lot more insulation.

Likewise a heat pump can only boost so much.

This, like other environment related changes never happen by market forces. Not once. And small tweaks even on large scale produce small effects, insufficient for our needs.

[shawabawa3]

Most normal home freezers have a way of setting temperature, e.g. mine can go from -16 to -24

So maybe -30 is difficult but it wouldn't be that hard to have the existing temperature range on new models be dynamic based on electricity pricing

[fooker]

> Because building a freezer that goes to -30 C is as cheap as going to -18 C.

For small sizes, yes it is.

But also, capex vs opex. Even if it's twice the cost, you only pay it once.