• @[email protected]
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    815 hours ago

    Fwiw, heat pumps are not comically expensive in operation. They also work in the north of Sweden, so I’m sure that any issues with low temperature operations have been hammered out by now.

    I understand that installation can be prohibitively expensive in some markets still though, but this is a problem that can hopefully be addressed.

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        13 hours ago

        Yeah, but gas heat still requires electricity, so that argument is not a great one, though repeated often.

        Plus you can add a generator and reverse that advantage, as well as batteries. If you have an EV with a large battery that allows power out, that can be used as a good short-term solution.

      • @[email protected]
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        215 hours ago

        An issue for sure, but one that can be remediated by the distributed nature of local renewable production and energy storage - something that gas by its nature cannot do.