Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid
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Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here’s why.
  • Gormadt@lemmy.world
    16·
    8 months ago

    That makes sense given how efficient those things are

    Those things are crazy efficient

  • ashok36@lemmy.world
    7·
    8 months ago

    Heat pumps are designed to last 15-20 years. Even if the power source is a coal plant today, there’s a fairly good chance the power source will be solar or wind or something else halfway through its life. That’s the beauty of centralized power generation and electrification.

    • kaosof@lemmy.world
      6·
      8 months ago

      Apparently newer models are more like 20-30 years, conservatively, depending on use case.