Not practical for home purposes, but desiccants can store heat, so can ammonia, and caustic soda. Here is an interesting link on "soda locomotives":
Soda Locomotives.
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"I‘d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don‘t have to
wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." Thomas Edison, 1847 — 1931
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