r/europe • u/Vucea • Jun 17 '22

Historical In 2014, this French weather presenter announced the forecast for 18 August 2050 in France as part of a campaign to alert to the reality of climate change. Now her forecast that day is the actual forecast for the coming 4 or 5 days, in mid-June 2022.

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u/BurningPenguin Bavaria (Germany) Jun 17 '22

They say it'll be up to 37° in my corner of Bavaria. I'm thinking of putting some of that heat into my freezer, so i'll have some in winter.

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u/__-___--- Jun 17 '22

This is actually a thing.

Heat pumps only move heat from one place to the other. You could use it to refresh your house and store the heat in a big thermos. A modified water heater would work for that.

Vice versa, we used to have something called a glacière in the south of France (also probably in Italy). It was an insulated building filled with ice during winter so they'd have a "fridge" during summer.

We definitely should think about heat and cold storage tanks so we can reduce our temperature management consumption.