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Environmentally it's better to burn the gas for heat, and send the electricity back on the grid and offset some other usage of electricity with your solar cells
by ars 6y ago
Environmentally it's better to burn the gas for heat, and send the electricity back on the grid and offset some other usage of electricity with your solar cells.
Both CO2 and energy usage are global things, not local. There is no such thing as saying "my heat is sourced from solar power".
- matthewdgreen 6y agoIs it actually better in a CO2-emissions sense to use a 90% efficiency natural gas furnace, or to use a 300-400% efficiency heat pump running off a grid that is 2/3rds (on average) powered by renewable sources? Not making a statement or asking for a guess: asking if anyone has done the math on this.
- ars 6y agoEven better is to use an absorption heat pump powered by natural gas. You can also use this for cooling. This type of heat pump emits even less than an electric one. Getting rid of natural gas is environmentally foolish, at least until we reach the fairy tale world where nothing is burned for energy. Today though? This idea of "no natural gas", harms the environment.