The vapour absorption cycle is similar in that it requires no moving parts. It's commercially used in caravan fridges, where propone is burnt as a heat source.
Doesn't surprise me. Not sure what stereotypical Republican you have in your mind, but I'd assume it's the kids that hate government assistance like food stamps.
They hate government programs that promote lifelong government assistance and discourage work for those they think shouldn't need it.
This government program is literally the opposite long term goal: it encourages work, and hopes to reduce government assistance after this one-time program is finished.
> They seem to be advised by a bunch of decrepit dudes who stopped learning about computers before the OSI model was created.
Isn't that the same law that understands and bans cloud providers egress fees? Seems they have a good understanding of current state of technology, citing credible sources like Cloudflare.
It can also provide A/C to cool a house then. The problem is that almost nobody knows this, except Einstein of course https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_refrigerator