A study in the UK found that heating with electricity has lower carbon emissions than heating with natural gas: > the average efficiency of gas heating rose sl

A study in the UK found that heating with electricity has lower carbon emissions than heating with natural gas: > the average efficiency of gas heating rose slowly to 86% over the last decade, so that carbon emissions from producing 1 kWh of central heating [using natural gas] fell to 215 grams of CO2 in 2019. However, simple [resistance] electric heaters averaged only 207 grams of carbon dioxide per kWh by the end of 2019 https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Carbon_emissions_of_electric_heating_v_gas https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Carbon_emissions_o... For new buildings the effect is probably even greater, as you are probably going to choose a heat pump (2-5kW heat output for 1kW electrical input) over resistance heating. The US averages around 400g CO2 per kWh, so yes maybe resistance heating doesn't make sense, but heat pumps for sure do.