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On the flipside if all resistive load heaters came with a BTC miner they could get some additional utility from the energy.
by foobarian 3y ago
On the flipside if all resistive load heaters came with a BTC miner they could get some additional utility from the energy.
- arcticbull 3y agoSure, but the gotcha there is that we shouldn't be using resistive load heaters, they're only 100% efficient. Heat pumps are several hundred percent efficient - 300-600% in fact. Whereas resistive heaters convert electricity into heat directly, heat pumps use energy to move heat against a temperature gradient. The idea that you can be paid to waste this power just creates economic incentives against the improvements we actually need to be making.