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Consensus on these seems to be they're gonna be more trouble than they are worth unless I'm in direct sunlight with solar. I don't really understand electricity that well yet so I appreciate the feedback.

I have been slowly researching stuff like this. So far the most interesting styles of heaters for a small space i have found are these ones and I found some really compact ones that run off oil - and can even run on cooking oil in a pinch.

Something like this seems promising for a small living space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0guulsNSQXU

I watched a video of a guy with a heat pump on a box truck he was living in last night, and he said if he runs it 24/7 in the summer, it keeps the internal temp down to where the unit only draws between 200-400 watts to keep the temperature in check. That seems like definitely the best option for cooling, hadn't considered that before, just assumed they were crazy power hungry.