Electrifying everything sounds like the obvious path off fossil fuels, but it requires critical minerals we can’t source quickly enough. Alternative technologies and interventions can cut emissions faster, cheaper, and without mineral bottlenecks.
There’s different ways to do it iirc. It can either remain as a separate system for hot water or connect directly into the hot water heater and offset the energy costs for running it.
My showers are about three gallons because I’m not actually using my plumbing, I’m using a separate camp shower. It’d be pretty simple to just dump the hot water from the solar heater into the shower bucket in that case.
There’s different ways to do it iirc. It can either remain as a separate system for hot water or connect directly into the hot water heater and offset the energy costs for running it.
My showers are about three gallons because I’m not actually using my plumbing, I’m using a separate camp shower. It’d be pretty simple to just dump the hot water from the solar heater into the shower bucket in that case.