The money for the projects in Monday’s announcement comes from the Energy Department’s Industrial Demonstrations Program, which was funded by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

Which in effect means that we’re reaping the benefits of having Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress during the 2020-2021 session.

The Washington Post coverage for comparison

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    Lol heat pumps work.

    I was wondering if you read it and saw demonstration, but how I read that in its context is demonstrate as in “hey industry see it does work, see see see? Stop denying.” Whereas you seem to take it as test to see if it does work, which obviously I think is wrong. (Your prior reply was falling all over itself to cover all the bases for deniability, but it was clear.)

    You’ve attacked from the start and continue here, so have a nice day.

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      I was wondering if you read it and saw demonstration, but how I read that in its context is demonstrate as in “hey industry see it does work, see see see? Stop denying.” Whereas you seem to take it as test to see if it does work, which obviously I think is wrong.

      I’m sorry you’re not familiar with the industry language being used in the articles. Your position is that once a technology has been shown to work, it can do so any capacity. While I wish this was true, but it simply isn’t. A perfect example is Solid State Batteries. They can be produced in small numbers in a lab no problem. We even have a few small scale manufacturing operations, but they are very low capacity and very expensive. How can this be? The technology exists. Why can’t it be made in the millions? Because creating them at scale isn’t there yet. Things that work in small quantities don’t always work when you’re doing a bunch of it. Processing need to be developed. Technology needs to advance in the manufacturing space. This is the same concept being applied with these green investments in the article.

      Lol heat pumps work.

      Heat pumps do work! I had one at my last house for HVAC. I have one in my cloths drying. I have one on my house’s water heater. I’m a huge fan of heat pumps. However these are small scale implementations. What additional challenges do you get when instead of heating one house, you’re attempting to heat/dry a warehouse sized single room containing massively more moisture in the air than a typical residence? I don’t think you know. I don’t know either. None of us do for sure. Not even industry experts. That’s why they’re testing these in single places first so that the technique can be perfected and replicated in hundreds of other factories.

      (Your prior reply was falling all over itself to cover all the bases for deniability, but it was clear with “prove” and whatnot.)

      No, I was following the logic that would seem to flow from your statements that you were missing the follow on steps. I was attempting to not treat you like you couldn’t come up with it yourself.

      You’ve attacked from the start and continue here, so have a nice day.

      No,I disagreed with you from the start. That isn’t attacking you. If you’re going to claim anyone that disagrees with you is attacking you, I can tell you will be running into people “attacking you” for the rest of your life. Your response was abrasive and claimed I hadn’t read the article, where clearly I did.

      so have a nice day.

      I suppose were at the end, so I will. Thanks, you too!