do you know the world energy portion used only to heat homes and others
In tropical counties virtually zero.
In temperate countries much more.
eg in NZ
"“In 2013, electricity was used for heating in 79.2 percent of occupied private dwellings, up from 74.8 percent in 2006, and 72.0 percent in 2001.”"
There is not much gas heating In NZ due to less reserves of natural gas and less reticulation.
"An estimated 27% of NSW households used reverse cycle air conditioning as the main type of heating, 25% used other types of electric heating and 23% used gas heating. Wood heating was used by 11% of NSW households as the main type of heating, with the greater proportion of those being outside Sydney in the Balance of NSW"
so a significant amount of heating is by electricity much of it at a COP of 1.
Mizuno was born in one the coldest city in Hokkaido... Asahigawa
Asahikawa (旭川), Hokkaido is the coldest place in Japan. Here the temperature often gets into -30℃ on a regular basis.
But on Feb. 17, 1987 they recorded Japan's lowest temperature ever at -41.2℃
Mizuno has identified home heating as good potential market in Hokkaido.
Regardless of SOT's fragile emotions the concept of running LENR reactor on a battery charged by solar during the day
is a worthwhile objective. Currently my sister in cool temperate NZ has solar panels 4KW and is offgrid
due to the cost of grid reticulation
... but the night's are a problem especially now 9 degrees C... nothing compared to Hokkaido though.
and Tesla batterie's are way too expensive.