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by emayljames 1921 days ago
"..though they would use more electricity and therefore cost more to run than heat pumps and gas boilers. " and "The rollout of electric vehicles already means the national electricity grid needs to be bolstered to accommodate the extra load, and the very widespread adoption of microwave boilers would add to that challenge, the experts said. The microwave boiler is not able to provide instant hot water, as gas boilers can, so it has a hot water storage tank inside the unit."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/16/first-mi...