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> Maybe this is wrong, but I'm really struggling to see why we would pump gas into our house and burn it under these conditions. You have forgotten about absor
by ars 6y ago
> Maybe this is wrong, but I'm really struggling to see why we would pump gas into our house and burn it under these conditions.
You have forgotten about absorption heat pumps, which are powered by natural gas and are even more efficient than electric ones.
- matthewdgreen 6y agoI've never seen one installed in a house, so that's a new one to me. At the same time, this page (https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/heat-pump-systems/absorption-heat-pumps https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/heat-pump-systems/absorpt...) makes it sound that they're mostly available for industrial applications, and that residential gas heat pumps are hard to find (actually says "under development".) Also notes that "absorption coolers and heat pumps usually only make sense in homes without an electricity source."