Tobberone

You are on to the issue yourself. First and foremost we need to stop releasing CO2. That in and of itself is not enough, but the most important bit. Some countries (a lot?) has enough tree cover to offset a huge chunk of their CO2 emissions today by trees. Some might even be CO2 neutral, had it not been for the use of wood for fuel. Therein lies the potential. And this is already a mature industry with market dependencies well established.

Resembling this CO2 uptake with man made processes will require a monumental investment in both monetary and energy terms and the output will be pitiful when the net effect is calculated.

So slamming the effect of trees, which does not require any of that development and investment costs because it doesn't solve the entire problem, because it isn't a silver bullet is rather short sighted. It is already today the best tool we have to sequester carbon from the atmosphere for cheap and with a comoditiezed biproduct.

What's wrong with trees? They cost next to nothing and runs on renewable energy.

Nah, just about anything except climate change. Economical, less blackouts, better resilience and sticking it to the man (as in the incompetent power companies) I'd imagine would be the go-to arguments...

For me it's the opposite. My body may be on the premises, but mentally...

Yeah, some of us have skills others don't. You'd not want to ride a car where I've swapped the engine, I'll tell you that.

My comment is, however, a paraphrase on the two most common questions regarding EVs. From people who doesn't, unlike you, know how to change a transmission. If ICE cars are as unreliable compared to EVs as alluded to in the article, then EVs should be considered the safe and reliable option...

That didn't stop Nissan to conclude that the batteries lasted twice as long as the rest of the car. The number of (newish# cars taken out of traffic each year is higher than we expect.

Aren't you afraid you will need to change the (ICE) motor? Those are costly and tend to fail more often than batteries, you know?

Why ruin goat cheese and bacon like that?

As with all heating relying on water for energy transport, absolutely when building new buildings, but will cost an arm if you add it in a remodeling.

As for solar capture in Sweden, there are a few places that try to store heat in sandpits, among others a high school in Stockholm. And on that subject the Finns must be mentioned😊 Will be interesting to follow!

Where I'm from the heating utility was turned on last week and will remain on until April. To me, running a heater for 30 minutes/day during winter seems acceptable:D

The question is: is it efficient enough during the cold season? Cyprus, situated in the middle of the Mediterranean heat reservoir and with plenty of daylight during the off season seems to be well situated.

As for the need: I'm from up north, our houses are built to keep heat inside as that is most positive for our energy consumption. In the south, houses try to limit the need for cooling. The effect of which became very clear to me when I went to the Mediterranean in November. Heating? Yea please.

I never said anyone did, i was just reminded about a joke describing how some actions overshadows other activities when retold among peers.