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[ny_quant]

И чтоб два раза не вставать:

Last month, author and climate activist Bill McKibben proposed an unusual way that President Biden could simultaneously combat climate change and the war in Ukraine.

It all came down to heat pumps... which have the potential to heat and cool thousands of homes using electricity instead of natural gas.

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[ny-quant.livejournal.com]

Кстати, это же не either-or proposition. Никто не мешает иметь и то и другое. Скажем в СА люди охлаждают дома своим солнечным электричеством. Но если его можно на это потратить в 2-3 раза меньше, а остаток продать в сеть по бешеным калифорнийским ценам, то непонятно почему не установить и тепловой насос.

Интересно что скажет misha_b

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

I have not looked at. heat pumps specifically. Apparently they are significantly more efficient in electric cars, but I don't know how they work.

I think at some point Musk said that home heating/cooling systems were quite bad and they were thinking about making a better home system, presumably based on the car technology.

All in all, it seems like a good improvement but I doubt it can significantly address any big problems like reliance on fossil fuels.