Encouraging heat pumps over natural gas would lower long-term costs for homeowners and reduce Ontario’s CO2 emissions.

  • jadero
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    9 months ago

    Oh for heaven’s sake. By now, building codes should prohibit new single-family and low-density (< 12 units) multi-family construction with gas hookups, without solar that matches expected electrical demand, and without 3 days of battery backup.

    If that means a 900 square foot house instead of a 2500 square foot house and no more low-density multi-family construction so be it.

    Likewise, the building codes should require some of that stuff during certain kinds of renovations and repairs. For example, replacing a gas furnace with another gas furnace should be prohibited.

    If the grid and manufacturing capacity won’t handle it today, then they better damn well get going, because that’s what it’s going to take.

    • @[email protected]
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      39 months ago

      I love the spirit. We need people making demands like this to move the needle. It’s totally insane that it’s still possible buy ornamental gas fireplaces that don’t even heat the space.

      Or that we use propane heaters on patios to heat the outdoors.

      Re banning replacement has furnaces… maybe tie it to the scope of work. Like if your furnace breaks down in the winter and you’re just replacing it that’s one thing, but if you’re actually renovating that’s something else.

      • jadero
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        19 months ago

        Or that we use propane heaters on patios to heat the outdoors.

        I get so cranky when I see those things. They are just… nonsensical. It’s almost like there is something in the human psyche that is drawn to the abjectly useless, especially if it also happens to be wasteful beyond it’s mere production and distribution.