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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 71 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Resistive heaters still suck though

  • Resistive heaters are much more portable and flexible. (edit: and quiet)
  • Resistive heaters are a viable backup when heat pumps fail in extremely cold weather.
  • Resistive heaters are less money upfront for if you only have to use them occasionally.

One is not directly beneath the other. Both have their place.

[-] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 months ago

Fair enough, do we need to extend this heater solidarity to combustibles as well?

I mean technically they’re infinitely electrically efficient if you don’t use electricity to start them lol

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 months ago

For niche cases like when you're on a camping trip and made a campfire

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