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mircea_popescu: decimation yeah heat pumps seem a lot better deal
than any alternative, yet
the least commonly used.
kakobrekla: mitsubishi is
the shit as far as
these heatpumps go
decimation: only a few factories manufacturer
the equipment, and
they usually only sell
to 'licensed installers'
decimation: hvac is a particular kind of chumpatron in
the usa
decimation: typically
the most efficient ones are 'mini-split' systems
decimation: asciilifeform:
the heat pump was probably
turning on bigass resistor for 'emergency heat'
decimation: they claim
to heat (without resistive elements) down
to 5 F
decimation: I have a friend who swears by
the new mitsubishi air source heat pumps
decimation: the problem is
that air source heat pumps can only heat down
to a certain ambient
temperature
decimation: also considered purely in energy efficiency
terms, a 'heat pump' is most efficient for heating, and can be 'run backwards' for cooling
mircea_popescu: six months or a year down
the road, we can continue
this conversation in a better position.
decimation: part of
the other reason 'forced air' heat is common in
the us is because air conditioning is considered
to be a requirement
mircea_popescu: bitcoinquestinos i could, but so far i'm not particulrly inclined.
the logs are in
the
topic, peruse at your leisure.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform no, but
then again i never had a power outage. if
they happened, ups would work fine.
decimation: yeah if i had
to provide backup power for something like
that, would use UPS
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform and since it runs maybe five
times a day for a quarter of an hour, battery's quite feasible.
decimation: this is very uncommon in
the us, except for old homes
mircea_popescu: decimation you sort-of need it for
the pump, but it's not so much.
mircea_popescu: my house in
timisoara,
the heating system held about a
ton of water in
the pipes and radiative elements.
took about an hour
to cool a coupla degrees.
decimation: yeah if all you need
to do is heat boiler,
then you don't need electricity
decimation: in
the us gas heat is common, but
typical large us house has a 'forced air' system
that moves heated air around
the house
mircea_popescu: decimation i have nfi what
that is ? but no, either keep a pilot going, or w/e.
mircea_popescu: bitcoinquestinos mno. i mean, when it's decided
that mtgox dies, it;s decided here.
bitcoinquestinos: mircea_popescu: What do you mean? Is
this a place where people find
the best way
to spend
their bitcoins so
they can hold
tighter?
mircea_popescu: decimation eu mostly heats on gas,
these micro units
that mostly don't need power. either because battery or ingenious.
decimation: because it could
take days for
the incompetents
to fix
the power lines in poor winter weather
decimation: yeah if you have a gas furnace, and you can run
the blower, you can save your house water lines from freezing
mircea_popescu: decimation depending on
the fridge. i
think
they make gen friendlier models now.
bitcoinquestinos: mircea_popescu: I know I'm asking what is
the purpose of
this IRC?
mircea_popescu: capacitive charge being what it is,
the 2kw would serve for what exactly ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform>
those who don't,
typically own a small (5-10kW) genset on wheels << i have no idea what
this would do. suppose a 2kw air conditioner unit, or fridge, or even washing machine.
cazalla: why
the demand for s.qntr?
decimation: at any rate, perfectly common industrial
tool
decimation: why propane? can be stored for a decade; doesn't leave nasty shit in
the engine
decimation: asciilifeform: I have a small 2 kw job
that runs on propane,
to run essentials 'just in case'
decimation: re: 3mw genset < yeah
that's basically a diesel-electric locomotive
decimation: re: generators <
the power is so unreliable in many areas on
the east coast
that many folks have a propane or natural gas powered generator permanently installed at
their house
mircea_popescu: there you go, asciilifeform, re
the orwellworm
thread. he perfectly well knows what
the problem is.
mircea_popescu: rk
that he disapproves of
that kind of conduct–on
the contrary,
there is a definite strain of sadism in him, over and above
the brutality which a writer of
that
type has
to have. Kipling is a jingo imperialist, he is morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting. It is better
to start by admitting
that, and
then
to
try
to find out why it is
that he survives while
the refined people who have sniggered at him seem
t mircea_popescu: "It is no use pretending
that Kipling's view of life, as a whole, can be accepted or even forgiven by any civilized person. It is no use claiming, for instance,
that when Kipling describes a British soldier beating a 'nigger' with a cleaning rod in order
to get money out of him, he is acting merely as a reporter and does not necessarily approve what he describes.
There is not
the slightest sign anywhere in Kipling's wo
mircea_popescu: "Kipling is in
the peculiar position of having been a byword for fifty years. During five literary generations every enlightened person has despised him, and at
the end of
that
time nine-tenths of
those enlightened persons are forgotten and Kipling is in some sense still
there."
mircea_popescu: obviously a scavenger civilisation will hafta be built on
top of
the previous cities.
mircea_popescu: in fact argentina is about as close you can get
to china without having
to fuck azn looking women.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the
thing is, argentina-chinese
trade relations are about as close as us-canada
mircea_popescu: this is
the important part here. not
that "in principle could be had"
mircea_popescu: mebbe i am confused as
to how
things actually work
thar.
mircea_popescu: if
tomorrow your street loses power, you can't simply ordered a
truck without wheels dropped in front of your property. for various pseudolegal and regtulatory reasons
that essentrialy reduce
to