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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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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (23 children)

A/C guy who's the son of an A/C guy here. Heat pumps lose efficiency the colder it gets. I wouldn't bother with one if you're in a northern climate. Lower midwest, you might be able to save money with a heat pump over natural gas, but it will depend heavily on the cost of the respective energy. For me, in the central US, we have great prices on gas and somewhat crappy prices on electricity (vs most surrounding regions) and it's definitely cheaper for me to stick with gas heat.

[–] CoriolisSTORM88@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ditto. At least with gas I'm not paying Alabama Power's rates.

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you posted that earlier today you would have gotten a spanking for saying anything critical about heat pumps. Or people just don’t like me in particular. Hard to tell.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe your information was just not factual?

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