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Re:Apple is working with Energous on wireless charging by duaneb on Thursday September 15, 2016 @04:55PM (#12509736)
Why would it not be absorbed by proportional savings in heating?
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Re:Apple is working with Energous on wireless charging by hyperpape on Thursday September 15, 2016 @05:02PM (#12509799)
Depends where you live. We spend more of the year running AC here.
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Re:Apple is working with Energous on wireless charging by duaneb on Thursday September 15, 2016 @06:58PM (#12510568)
Very good point.
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Re:Apple is working with Energous on wireless charging by g52oevr0in on Thursday September 15, 2016 @05:46PM (#12510106)
This is true only if your home is running an electric heater. Burning hydrocarbons like natural gas, oil, and wood to heat your home directly is more efficient than using them to run a turbine to generate electricity, then run that electricity many miles to your home, then turn it into heat.
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Re:Apple is working with Energous on wireless charging by samstave on Thursday September 15, 2016 @05:49PM (#12510126)
Teleporting heat. Got it.
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Re:Apple is working with Energous on wireless charging by kiiski on Friday September 16, 2016 @05:22AM (#12512795)
District heating[1] has been around for a long time. At least here in Finland most people in cities use it.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heat

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