The chilly New England state blew past its goal to install 100,000 heat pumps by 2025. Now it's pledging to install 175,000 more by 2027.

Heat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its target::undefined

  • @Honeybadger77English
    18•1 year ago

    That’s not necessarily true now the newer systems can go to as low as -15F which in the north only happens for a few hours a year so still a reduction in heating gas/oils needed

    • BuelldozerEnglish
      9•1 year ago

      …which in the north only happens for a few hours a year…

      I know the guy in the TC video used Chicago as an example but the “few hours a year” thing simply isn’t true for many of us.

      Where I live we had many days below -15f including a week where itpretty much stayed between -20 and -30 for nearly a week straight.

      A Heat Pump will still work, even here, but you need to be careful about which one you purchase and how it handles cold weather.

      • MellibirdEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Or remember when it “felt like” - 50° F for two days straight that one February?

        • Fubber Nuckin'English
          1•1 year ago

          I had to start my car up twice every night to keep the battery from dying.