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    1 month ago

    Can we not integrate the TES into the building structure?

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    1 month ago

    Long story short if I remember the video well after watching it a while ago: while sand is cheap for thermal energy storage, storing it with reasonable efficiency requires a massive unit (much higher capacity than one home would reasonably need; can’t be scaled down well) held underground (immediately incurring massive costs).

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      1 month ago

      They’re saying that storing it underground could mitigate the size issues. Though I query if we’d need these if we simply installed ground source heat pumps everywhere?

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    1 month ago

    Garbage AI site with super malicious ads, I would really avoid clicking you are missing nothing since the article has no substance Wrong post.

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        Err… you’re not wrong. My initial comment would have made more sense if this had been the post I was intending to reply to. Not sure how I managed to screw THAT up.