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Heat pumps are not the same as resistive heating
by cycrutchfield 6y ago
Heat pumps are not the same as resistive heating
- api 6y agoFew people have heat pumps, and who is going to pay to give everyone a heat pump? We could do some tax credits and that would help, but then what? Also I've never seen a heat pump for cooking or even hot water, just home heating.
- cycrutchfield 6y agoThe original post is talking about new homes being built. Presumably these new homes will have air conditioning, given that this is California. So instead of just installing an A/C unit, it will be a heat pump instead. For cooking, induction stovetops are far superior to gas burners. The only thing that may require resistive heating is the hot water heater, but that's a fairly small portion of overall energy usage.