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Comment by wffurr

10 hours ago

You already dump waste hot air into your kitchen from the refrigerator during the summer. Is this much different?

It does seem a little silly to have these chains of heat pumps all working in various directions. I read about "cold district heat" in a sibling comment which circulated lukewarm water to use as a heat sink or source with heat pumps. Maybe something similar could be done with a water or refrigerant loop through the house. Probably not economical to do all the plumbing though.

> you already dump waste hot air into your kitchen from the refrigerator during the summer. Is this much different?

Heating water is very energy intensive, fridges are a rounding error compared to water heaters