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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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