316
Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
316 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
37739 readers
500 users here now
A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.
Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's still news today because every time heat pumps are mentioned someone will say that 'they are nice but it's too cold to use them where I live'.
That's like the stupidest take, especially for most of Germany. In the worst case you'd supplement the heat pump with electric heat so in the coldest days when it doesn't work at all (which will be a few days a year at most) you'd get to ... checks notes ... 1x efficiency, which is only as bad as having regular electric heating which many people have anyway.