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To wit: Firebricks store heat, cheaply.
Primitive Technology on YouTube is waaaay ahead of you.
Glass industry has been doing it since the 1850's with "regenerator" furnaces
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_melting_furnace

regenerators of this kind are also used in some types of iron smelting furnaces
Well hot damn!!!
Yes. Hot damn. Thats what the planet is. Hot and damned.
*becoming hot and damned. There's gonna be a generation in between who's living in a tropical paradise, depending on where they live.
With that attitude it is!
👍 article. Firebricks may accelerate our transition to sustainable energy.