ᐅ Air-to-Water Heat Pump: Current Consumption and Data

Usually, it is left-wing ideological conspiracy theorists who use this, so it doesn’t even affect me remotely 😀

The 90s just called—they want their catchphrase back!

But P.S.: Derive that mathematically correct first, then you’ll really impress me.

guckuck2 schrieb:

But it’s important to start somewhere to initiate this transformation over decades!
It’s like the criticism that e-cars are bad because there’s no charging infrastructure. Was there a network of gas stations when the first cars hit the road? No, that developed over time. Sometimes there are too many cars, sometimes too many gas stations, and so on. In the long run, it balances out. The transitional phases have to be endured.

I find the term “transitional phases” very fitting; I once read a book where such transition periods between new phases were called “threshold spaces,” which people generally find uncomfortable. Essentially, though, these times can be the best, because the old is being let go and a wide range of new possibilities lies ahead. A few years ago, I had visits from several people in the automotive industry in Norway. They complained or argued in favor of German automakers, diesel, etc., because there were already Teslas everywhere. Today, these same people in Germany drive electric cars themselves, as if they had never said anything else. I don’t take it personally, but it does show how often we cling desperately to the old because we cannot or do not want to imagine something new.
There are already many good architects and engineers today who envision houses of the future being heated with electricity or in other ways. I think it’s good when some are simply brave enough to follow such a path.

guckuck2 schrieb:

Even Greta says nuclear energy is good. Because without supply security no transition will be accepted. Absolutely right. It’s a bitter pill, but better than burning coal.

In my generation, people often protested AGAINST nuclear power or decorated their bikes with stickers to that effect. In my mind, that idea is still stuck like a disease. When my son shows me his perspective on it today, I see that the whole thing can also be viewed from another angle, something I had never considered before.

guckuck2 schrieb:

Then we have the knowledge and technology to sell it all over the world. In the growing digital market, we’ve practically already lost.

We have always been proud of our engineering and science. However, in the automotive industry today, technical innovation seems to matter less than dirty business practices. The likes of Bosch, Maybach, and Daimler would turn in their graves if they saw how their achievements are being sold off with mafia methods; there is hardly a car executive who hasn’t been to prison or acted criminally on a massive scale.
A good example I saw in South America, where they partly pride themselves on the large number of engineers. But when you look closely, you find that the country itself doesn’t develop or manufacture any products and almost every engineer is an “ingeniero comercial,” a sales engineer... basically a salesperson or consultant without real technical knowledge, period! I see something similar here when the actual product loses importance and consultants and salespeople take “power” over the real expertise.

guckuck2 schrieb:

Never say never ;-)

yep

It looks like it will stay cold this year; the heating is still running...

Last time, I had already been cooling for a week starting from the first of May...

For everyone interested, this is the total house consumption including heating, comfort electricity, and electric car for the entire month of April.
A total of 1.1 MWh was generated by the photovoltaic system.
The heating has been off for 1.5 weeks now 🙂