Reading your quote reminds me of what I was saying decades ago now "It's the density, stupid". Not you of course but to all of those who suddenly became "enlightened" & "illuminated" & glowed green.
So absolutely clueless about the physics, chemistry & trade-offs involved were they. This was the rise of a political mass-movement, gaining momentum, causing so many to "jump on board" to "belong" and "a part of".
Works great on large sailboats/cruisers (after all their A/C is water cooled to boot), off-grid cabins, etc. But a modern house? Or neighborhood? Or city? Or "The World"? Give me a break....
The propaganda was hundreds of miles ahead of the facts & reality.
Further proof was that the new-found greenies ran smack into their old nemesis: Nuclear Power. Result? Massive, widespread concussion and cognitive dissonance.
"You Can't Break The Laws of Physics. You Can Only Break Yourself Against Them". They don't conform to any prevailing political mass-movement, much less yield.
What I'd like is to build my dream house further North, where gaining heat is a good thing as well as recycling it. Powering the place as well as providing heat 24/7 would be my own personal nuclear reactor, about the size of a 10ga. bucket. It would warm the house, the garage, the greenhouse, the sauna, the hot tub, generate hot water and de-ice when necessary. It would also produce all my electricity. For a lifetime.
Down here I need to shed heat, minimize heat gain and live in air conditioning not only to cool but remove humidity, which is equally important. It would work here as well, powering the necessary A/C however much of the heat would have to be dumped as my heating season is very small vs. the cooling season & humidity removal. Steam distillation could be used to purify drinking water, generate steam for cleaning & disinfecting.
So absolutely clueless about the physics, chemistry & trade-offs involved were they. This was the rise of a political mass-movement, gaining momentum, causing so many to "jump on board" to "belong" and "a part of".
Works great on large sailboats/cruisers (after all their A/C is water cooled to boot), off-grid cabins, etc. But a modern house? Or neighborhood? Or city? Or "The World"? Give me a break....
The propaganda was hundreds of miles ahead of the facts & reality.
Further proof was that the new-found greenies ran smack into their old nemesis: Nuclear Power. Result? Massive, widespread concussion and cognitive dissonance.
"You Can't Break The Laws of Physics. You Can Only Break Yourself Against Them". They don't conform to any prevailing political mass-movement, much less yield.
What I'd like is to build my dream house further North, where gaining heat is a good thing as well as recycling it. Powering the place as well as providing heat 24/7 would be my own personal nuclear reactor, about the size of a 10ga. bucket. It would warm the house, the garage, the greenhouse, the sauna, the hot tub, generate hot water and de-ice when necessary. It would also produce all my electricity. For a lifetime.
Down here I need to shed heat, minimize heat gain and live in air conditioning not only to cool but remove humidity, which is equally important. It would work here as well, powering the necessary A/C however much of the heat would have to be dumped as my heating season is very small vs. the cooling season & humidity removal. Steam distillation could be used to purify drinking water, generate steam for cleaning & disinfecting.
