• @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    Yeah, it’s the water heating that’s putting me off. A combi boiler is just so much better for it.

    We should be pushing hybrid solutions where the house is heated by heat pumps (which as far as I can tell is just reverse air conditioning), and keep the boiler for hot water.

    I’m certainly not going back to a crappy hot water tank, and being unable to have a bath because I did the washing up earlier.

    • BrightCandle
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      11 year ago

      We can’t keep burning gas there won’t be any in a decades time. We don’t have any choice about storage of hot water or heating electrically and using water to store excess energy makes a lot of sense. However take a look at Sunamp they do a phase change material tank like thing which takes less space so you can get the sort of capacity you want.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        There is no shortage of gas, we won’t run out in a decade. We need to stop using the stuff as much as possible as soon as possible though.