The article doesn’t go into it, but a key advantage they have is that heat pumps move heat, rather then trying to generate it. So they can move a lot more heat into your house than would be generated by running the electricity they use through a resistor. This makes them effectively more than 100% efficient (the exact amount depends on temperature) as compared with burning a fuel or resistive heat.

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    4 months ago

    “Heatpumps” are the same technology as your regular minisplit air-conditiors. You can get some that have a range of between -30 °C and 50 °C (-22 F and 122 F).