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If you scale it up it can probably deal with a week. People have pretty bad intuitions about heat loss for big objects because most hot things in our lives are
by adgjlsfhk1 4y ago
If you scale it up it can probably deal with a week. People have pretty bad intuitions about heat loss for big objects because most hot things in our lives are small, but since heat loss follows a square cube law, every 8x volume increase gives 2x decrease in lost heat. It's also important to remember that this doesn't need to be anywhere near 100% efficient. Given the swings in energy prices, you can probably make a profit at 50% efficiency.
- amluto 4y agoExcept it’s a bunch of shipping containers. They scale horizontally but not vertically (sorry). And you probably need to leave clearance between them, for service if nothing else, so the thermal performance is what it is. You could add insulation.