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Re:History of 127/8 as localhost/loopback addresses (2021) by citrin_ru on Thursday May 26, 2022 @04:57AM (#31516163)
One can run a gas boiler using an UPS (battery) to power it. In places where power outages are common people have them. A battery with the capacity enough to run a heat pump for at least several hours would be prohibitively expensive.
Re:History of 127/8 as localhost/loopback addresses (2021) by aidenn0 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:08PM (#31520063)
Again, if we replace every single furnace without a battery backup with a heat-pump, we get the majority of the benefit without any loss of utility. IPv6 transition has significant network effects, decarbonization has relatively few (with refueling being the primary one)