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New Heat Pump Will Last 10,000 Years

Posted by timothy on from the maytag-man-will-be-dust dept.

formaggio writes "Most heat pumps maintain an average useful life of 10-20 years, but researchers at the University of Stavanger in Norway (USN) and the University of Oslo believe that they have developed a new heat pump that will last up to 10,000 years."

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  1. I don't get it by countertrolling · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An article about itty bitty peltiers? Do they come in white?

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  2. Re:Solid state heat pump - Peltier Junction?? by blair1q · · Score: 3, Insightful

    TFA is on a stupid hippy-dippy design blog site run by children.

    I'm sure they're impressed, but anyone who's been reading this grade of journalism in Popular Science for a few decades is not.

  3. Re:Poor estimation by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, skyscrapers today just don't compare with skyscrapers from ancient Rome.

    And have you seen those entire buildings they put up in a couple months with a crew of 20 or so? I bet they won't be standing in 2,000 years.

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