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.

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.

  • @coffeebiscuitEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    Even gas stoves won’t work when the power is down, for the same reason.

      • @splooshEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        If you want to heat air and move it around you’re gonna want a fan, which will need electricity. My gas heat is no good when the power is out.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 year ago

        If you have a gas stove you really shouldn’t be using it without the fan running.

        A power outage is one of those times as people are tempted to use it more and for longer if it’s the easiest source of heat.

        • @DarthBuellerEnglish
          0•1 year ago

          When I lived in Pittsburgh many years ago, we had a full blizzard come through and our furnace went out in our “nice neighborhood/slumlord landlord” house. Benzene or no, the stove and oven kept us from freezing.

    • @UFO64English
      4•1 year ago

      Provided the pressure is maintained from the outside, mine would work fine with a match.

      • @coffeebiscuitEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        Mine had a safety valve, which was unfortunately electronically controlled.