> There's also the need to heat water, and that requires resistive heaters. In terms of a kettle or cooking you're right, but you also can't cook/boil using mi

> There's also the need to heat water, and that requires resistive heaters. In terms of a kettle or cooking you're right, but you also can't cook/boil using mining hardware as they're heat limited to ~100C. For hot water heat pumps work great. > Also, heat pumps don't really work in colder climates as the only heat source. Ground source heat pumps work just fine in cold climates and have been rapidly getting cheaper.