@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agoEnergy minister says hydrogen will 'not play a major role' in heating homes in the UKnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkEnergy minister says hydrogen will 'not play a major role' in heating homes in the UKnews.sky.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 year agoGuess it’s back to electrify everything then. Induction and heatpumps are the only answer.
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink2•1 year agoFor home heating and cooking, they’re definitely a good route. Ordinary coil stoves are fine to cook on too (I did for decades) but don’t meet the need for upper-class signalling in the way that induction does.
minus-square@Raxiellink2•1 year ago Ordinary coil stoves are fine to cook on too It’s not their effectiveness that’s in question, just their efficiency. Obviously the conversion of electricity > heat is always the same (100%) but induction is better at getting more of that heat into the food rather than the surroundings.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoI wonder if geothermal is something they can do there. It’s common in the Nordics and is usually the cheapest way to heat homes. Last winter electricity was so expensive that district heating won. But geothermal has otherwise been cheapest.
Guess it’s back to electrify everything then.
Induction and heatpumps are the only answer.
For home heating and cooking, they’re definitely a good route.
Ordinary coil stoves are fine to cook on too (I did for decades) but don’t meet the need for upper-class signalling in the way that induction does.
It’s not their effectiveness that’s in question, just their efficiency.
Obviously the conversion of electricity > heat is always the same (100%) but induction is better at getting more of that heat into the food rather than the surroundings.
I wonder if geothermal is something they can do there.
It’s common in the Nordics and is usually the cheapest way to heat homes.
Last winter electricity was so expensive that district heating won.
But geothermal has otherwise been cheapest.