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submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Sales are growing so quickly that some installers wonder whether heat pumps could even wipe out the demand for new air conditioners in a few years and put a significant dent in the number of natural gas furnaces.

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Local power storage.

If you're home had a battery bank, it could slow-charge pretty much all the time, then help pick up large on-demand loads like heating/cooling (air, water, food, etc).

Then the power grid would see a relatively steady load from each home with the batteries smoothing out spikes in usage.

Add on local generation like solar or wind to further reduce that load on the grid.

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