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Power grid, heating & buildings Videos Recommended on Hacker News (68)
Power grid, heating & buildings is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 68 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2012 and 2026 — 196 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Electric power systems: power grid failures, Texas ERCOT, transmission, utilities, heat pumps, HVAC, home electrification, building efficiency, insulation, energy at home.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Heat Pumps: the Future of Home Heating: “Start here for a good introduction to heat pumps and how they are so efficient” — an HN commenter, 2021.
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2 mo on HNYanis Varoufakis exposes Europe's energy scam
DiEM25
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNUnderground dome house of the family who led geese to fly home
Kirsten Dirksen
2 HN recommender · 2023–2026
2 mo on HNHow to Make a DIY Air Filter | Ask This Old House
This Old House
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNThe hidden background noise that can catch criminals
Tom Scott
3 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNWhat is a rocket mass heater?
paul wheaton
2 HN recommender · 2018–2022
2 mo on HNForced-air Furnaces: The What, Why, and How
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
2 mo on HNBlower Door Test
Matt Risinger
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
2 mo on HNAwnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNThe LED's Challenge to High Pressure Sodium
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNBatteries aren't the only way to store energy. Here's another.
Technology Connections
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNAir Conditioning isn't free... but we're close.
Tech Ingredients
1 HN recommend · 2023–2025
1 mo on HNA simple water heater is more clever than it seems
Technology Connections
1 HN recommend · 2023–2025
1 mo on HNChest Freezers; What they tell us about designing for X
Technology Connections
1 HN recommend · 2020–2026
1 mo on HNInside a smart meter, and the REAL problem with them.
bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNPassive House - Fresh Air System Install & Costs (Zehnder)
Matt Risinger
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNThe artificial skylight that you won't believe isn't real
Lux Magazine
1 HN recommend · 2016–2020
1 mo on HNInside a heated shower head. (suicide shower)
bigclivedotcom
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
1 mo on HNI Live 500 Feet From A Bitcoin Mine. My Life Is Hell.
More Perfect Union
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNThe Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNAuthorized Personnel Only - How to Start and Sync a 400,000 Watt Turbine Hydroelectric Generator
Chris Boden
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNWe Went to the Town Elon Musk Is Poisoning
More Perfect Union
0 HN recommender · 2025–2026
0 mo on HNBritain's largest battery is actually a lake
Tom Scott
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNSpacer Installation on 765,000 volt line
Matt Brink
0 HN recommender · 2018–2022
0 mo on HNOrkney - Island of the Future | Fully Charged
Everything Electric CARS
0 HN recommender · 2016–2020
0 mo on HNElectric Vehicle Charging Technology: Urban Electric - Pop-Up Charger | Fully Charged
Everything Electric CARS
0 HN recommender · 2020–2025
0 mo on HNThis is Why Heat Pumps May NOT Be The Future
Skill Builder
0 HN recommender · 2021–2022
0 mo on HNHow to Heat a Swimming Pool with an Air Conditioner | Ask This Old House
This Old House
0 HN recommender · 2019–2026
0 mo on HNAurora Test Footage
MuckRock
0 HN recommender · 2021–2024
0 mo on HNThe 'duck curve' is solar energy's greatest challenge
Vox
0 HN recommender · 2018–2019
0 mo on HNFluorescent Lights under High Voltage Power Lines!
emfhomesafety
0 HN recommender · 2012–2021
0 mo on HNGas stoves aren't really that fast - even standard electric is faster!
Technology Connextras
0 HN recommender · 2023–2026
0 mo on HNGrid: Renewable Baseload Power from a single desert location. Enough for 7 million homes!
Just Have a Think
0 HN recommender · 2021–2022