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mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

the vast majority of the heat will always be lost through the chimney. poor efficiency coupled with extremely high particulate output. the maintenance may be easy for you today, but for people with mobility issues chimney issues can quickly become fire hazards.

meanwhile, you’re in AUSTRALIA, sunlight is plentiful and battery tech will store and dole out that power all night. I don’t see why anyone wants it besides ‘ehh feels real cozy’

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zurohki@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That poor efficiency isn’t even compared to a modern heat pump, either. In terms of heat output vs energy consumption, they can be up to 400% efficient.

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- mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  yup. and that heatpump could easily be powered by solar, which is abundantly available here.
  
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anon@ymous.au ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

was cheaper.

Still is, I just had a look and forestry is still selling permits for $16 a tonne. Currently only available further away than I used to get so the fuel part of the cost would rise if I had a fire at the moment, but it’d be noticeably cheaper and better than paying more to feel colder like I currently am with an air con setup.

sunlight is plentiful and battery tech will store and dole out that power all night.

Given cost is an issue I don’t think I’m going to be pulling ~$50k out of my arse to install a solar and battery setup that might be able to run a heater all night.

lol downvote away it’s not changing physics you dingus

Well I see you’ve downvoted my comment and I hadn’t downvoted yours, but that’s about to change.

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