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> Where do you live? What do people in the countryside there use? In the US propane, fuel oil and wood are the popular off-grid fuels. Electricity is also pret
by thinkcontext 7y ago
> Where do you live? What do people in the countryside there use?
In the US propane, fuel oil and wood are the popular off-grid fuels. Electricity is also pretty cheap here so resistance heat is not uncommon. Heat pumps have gotten a lot better at low temps in recent years, so a lot of new construction or retrofits by the nonpoor will use them.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoHeat pumps are appearing in Poland too, particularly ones meant for domestic hot water (vs. heating your home), and there are government subsidies attached to them. The people I mentioned in my example are currently considering getting such a heatpump thanks to that subsidy (it wouldn't be economical for them otherwise). Electricity isn't cheap enough here to run resistance heating unless you're desperate. I don't know anyone using propane for heating, but many people - myself currently included - use it for cooking in places that don't have utility gas connection.