[iso1337]

https://dandelionenergy.com/ is one company trying to scale this.

In general, Americans don't want to pay a huge cost upfront for some efficiency gains. Especially since traditionally fossil energy was cheap.

Also look at heat pump clothes dryers. They're a win in that you don't need a vent (and associated vent cleaning), but they cost more upfront.

Hopefully these are areas where the government can provide low interest rate loans upfront, since they are investments that pay for themselves over time.

[teruakohatu]

> Also look at heat pump clothes dryers

I live in a country that loves heatpumps, just about every home has one, but heat pump dryers have a bad rep. While they are energy efficient they are very slow to dry clothes, about 2 hours longer than a resistance electric dryer for a small-medium load (1.5 hours vs 3.5 hours).

[gambiting]

>>Also look at heat pump clothes dryers. They're a win in that you don't need a vent (and associated vent cleaning), but they cost more upfront.

They don't really work at low ambient temperatures, so as someone who can only have a dryer in an unheated garage, that's not an option sadly.