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25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America (cleantechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America::The US Climate Alliance met in New York City this week to explain the benefits of heat pumps, including better health for American families.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except when it's very cold outside, which is what was discussed here. Heat pumps are great (have one in my home), but it might not be ideal in very cold areas, especially if electricity prices are high compared to other energy sources.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need to be in a very, VERY cold area for that to matter. While these places exists, I'm sure it's not the case for a lot of the states I've seen marked in that article. Heat pump can heat the inside of your house even when it's freezing outside.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

...and it will never go below 100% because most have resistive heating as backup.