Geothermal heatpumps that gather the heat from underground below the frost line are different and much more time and space extensive than a regular heatpump.

Lithium extraction is a very messy business. I suppose bfe Nevada is the best place to try it in the US and see if it can be done without screwing up or contaminating all the groundwater in the area.

Oh yeah? Link me one single residential heat pump from anywhere that works sub 0F.

Those are different and that’s cheating. It’s not what this article is referencing or talking about.

Heat pumps don’t work well (even the new ones coming from this article are only good to 15f) anywhere near that cold. Most are only good to about 25f. Anywhere they’re installed that drops below freezing all have a backup heat system, whether or not it’s a gas backup, or resistive electric backup.

Some large commercial heat pumps will got down to like 0 degrees F, but none of the residential ones do.

Picking California as a reference is so stupid. Like, it’s long as hell.

In the US, all heads are limited to that, but because most people in the US hate it, every shower head manufacturer I know of makes removing a restrictive ring or washer or whatnot in the shower head extremely easy to just remove before you install the head.

It’s still got several bullshit or weird exemptions in the bill.

It doesn’t cover medical devices, farm equipment, anything that runs on an internal combustion engine, video game consoles, and…electric toothbrushes.

Not including the farm equipment, game consoles, and anything with an engine is total sellout bullshit.

People donate and will want to protect things they can see and experience. Zoos are an experience that help the public want to protect animals.