To be fair, my 10 zone system is now 10 years, so not exactly new anymore. There is a proprietary bus for devices to talk to each other. Things like thermostats, but also dampers furnace and A/C . There are 2 buses in my house. The IP network interface used to cost $1000. And there was no consumer software for it. There are now a couple open source software projects that can work with basic installations. But nothing that can work with my 2 system / 10 zone monster. Yes, it was expensive.
Yeah, we have decent size gas bills in winter in CA with the big house. But with the zoned system, we don't heat every room 24/7.
The Whirlpool gas clothes dryer isn't anywhere near this hot. Never enough to get a burn for sure.
Well, I have been cooking with induction for 15 years. 5 at my previous home. I replaced the traditional electric cooktop with a Kenmore 30" induction cooktop. One of the best things I ever did. And one of the first things I did before moving into my new house was also to replace the 36" Thermador gas cooktop with an induction model, a Kenmore 36". The same guy who was doing the HVAC in the house ran the additional 50 amp circuit for it. It's much safer than gas. And actually also way faster, also. Using a pressure cooker on my induction cooktop, I can make have rice in my plate in under 10 minutes. That's counting all the prep time like measuring the water amount precisely, bring the water to a boil (under 1 minute), measuring and adding the rice, one more minute to get full pressure, then 6 mins of actual cooking, and a minute or so to wait for pressure to release. I have done this 3 times this week, including earlier tonight. The Basmati rice I used to have only required 4 mins of cooking. But the Jasmine Thai Hom Mali I got at Costco last time requires 6 mins. My next bag of rice will be Basmati.
I honestly don't know what the solution is. I think it's crazier than that. There is nothing that is ideal year round. You need more PV and batteries in the winter, and far fewer in the summer. I'm thinking there needs to be some portable PV and battery installations you can rent, and just plug them in half the year when you need them. You would need big dedicated circuits. The utilities might not appreciate. Permitting process could make that infeasible. Unless there is a standardized plug and standard-size generators ... Certainly doable for batteries. For solar PV, much trickier as the actual wattage depends on the season ... All this equipment could be moved between north/south continentally depending on seasons. Also between hemispheres
Yikes. Even my two reverse osmosis purification systems can't do anything about radioactive water.