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I put this together to help me understand how fluctuating emissions from the electrical grid and outdoor temperature impact the environmental performance of a heat pump compared to a natural gas furnace.

Would love feedback!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You might want to check the weather API you're using, as it was returning wildly inaccurate results for Melbourne,Australia (12C instead of 23C currently).

Edit: looks like it's returning the results for Melbourne, Florida, so I guess you need to make sure you include the country

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll make country a mandatory field. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had entered the country, it just wasn't sent to the weather API or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Gotcha - I'll try and chase the issue down.