Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold::Published Monday in the scientific journal Joule, the research found that heat pumps are two to three times more efficient than their oil and gas counterparts, specifically in temperatures ranging from 10 C to -20 C.

  • yata@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Your information is outdated. It is even clearly mentioned in the one-sentence summary in the OP:

    Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold::Published Monday in the scientific journal Joule, the research found that heat pumps are two to three times more efficient than their oil and gas counterparts, specifically in temperatures ranging from 10 C to -20 C.

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        1 year ago

        Precisely. The idealists here don’t seem to understand that if a person can save money using traditional heating, that’s most likely what they’re gonna replace a broken unit with.

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          And the naysayers don’t actually run calculations to see what their true costs might be, they already decided gas is king. A couple of good ol boy type HVAC folks that all say “just get a furnace” is all they need to know, reality be damned.