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You gotta heat the bottle; the most efficient method of which is an electric kettle.

by wffurr 5y ago

TremendousJudge 5y ago
But electricity is not required, you can use a regular kettle on a stove or even over a wood fire.
- floren 5y ago
  You're not allowed to get a gas stove in California any more. Good thing we never have electric supply issues.
  - tstrimple 5y ago
    This isn't true. The requirement is just that new constructions are ready for electric appliances. It doesn't ban natural gas. https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/No-more-gas-stoves-California-prepares-to-16161119.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/No-more-gas-stoves... > A draft code update released Thursday by the California Energy Commission would require new single-family homes to be equipped with circuits and panels that would allow them to be powered by all-electric appliances for heating, cooking and drying clothes. > The new code would not prohibit natural gas infrastructure, a step many environmentalists would like the state to take. But if the draft is ultimately authorized by the commission this year, it would require new homes to be “electric ready,” meaning they’re prepared to be transitioned away from gas appliances if any are used initially.
YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo 5y ago
If you get a cold snap like in Texas last year with rolling blackouts it's the perfect way to store the heat you can produce while your electricity is running. When I camp in late fall, early winter I always use a food safe water bottle at night and reuse the water in the morning for coffee or washing up with the added benefit that with a good bottle the water is at least lurk warm.
Someone 5y ago
I don’t think so. On sunny winter days, you can heat them in the sun, using a solar water heater (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_heating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_heating) and let them cool down at night, heating your body. The low tech version is to paint them black and put them in the focus of a roughly parabolic reflector.

You gotta heat the bottle; the most efficient method of which is an electric kettle.

by wffurr 5y ago

You gotta heat the bottle; the most efficient method of which is an electric kettle.

TremendousJudge 5y ago

But electricity is not required, you can use a regular kettle on a stove or even over a wood fire.

floren 5y ago
You're not allowed to get a gas stove in California any more. Good thing we never have electric supply issues.
- tstrimple 5y ago
  This isn't true. The requirement is just that new constructions are ready for electric appliances. It doesn't ban natural gas. https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/No-more-gas-stoves-California-prepares-to-16161119.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/No-more-gas-stoves... > A draft code update released Thursday by the California Energy Commission would require new single-family homes to be equipped with circuits and panels that would allow them to be powered by all-electric appliances for heating, cooking and drying clothes. > The new code would not prohibit natural gas infrastructure, a step many environmentalists would like the state to take. But if the draft is ultimately authorized by the commission this year, it would require new homes to be “electric ready,” meaning they’re prepared to be transitioned away from gas appliances if any are used initially.

YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo 5y ago

If you get a cold snap like in Texas last year with rolling blackouts it's the perfect way to store the heat you can produce while your electricity is running. When I camp in late fall, early winter I always use a food safe water bottle at night and reuse the water in the morning for coffee or washing up with the added benefit that with a good bottle the water is at least lurk warm.

Someone 5y ago

I don’t think so. On sunny winter days, you can heat them in the sun, using a solar water heater (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_heating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_heating) and let them cool down at night, heating your body. The low tech version is to paint them black and put them in the focus of a roughly parabolic reflector.