Maybe, but if everyone starts using heat pumps we have a problem in getting enough copper in the ground everywhere on time. So even if it's temporary (20 years or so) this is still a great solution.
The copper is mostly already in the ground. At least in the Netherlands it is.
Apparently decades ago some absolute madman genius decided that we should put down 5 copper cables to every house and building for 3-phase power, even though they only needed one phase for the coming decades.
> Maybe, but if everyone starts using heat pumps we have a problem in getting enough copper in the ground everywhere on time.
In New Zealand everyone uses heatpumps and there is no problem with everyone running them. Heatpumps don't use a huge amount of power even on cold days. If the grid can handle everyone cooking dinner at 6pm, it can handle heatpumps running throughout the day keeping the house warm.
Fast electric car charging on the other hand draws a lot of current.
