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Warpy

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3. Heat energy retrieval from heat sinks has been known forever
Mon Jun 24, 2024, 11:36 PM
Jun 2024

We used metal cans used for honey, nuts, and maple syrup sold in bulk back in the 70s, just fill them with water and stack them up inside a Trombe-Michel wall. Nothing much helped in New England Dec-Feb, but the rest of the year they provided a huge amount of help with heating.

There is progress being made on the electrical storage front. I came across this one a couple of weeks ago. China claims to be developing the technology on a grid level, we'll see. As this video points out, these batteries won't burn:



No word on how long it takes to recharge one of these.

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