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You have to factor in the energy efficiency of heat pumps, and if you do, burning gas to produce electricity to run a heat pump can be comparable in efficiency
by adeelk93 5y ago
You have to factor in the energy efficiency of heat pumps, and if you do, burning gas to produce electricity to run a heat pump can be comparable in efficiency to burning gas directly.
- CoastalCoder 5y agoThis would really depend on the outdoor air temperature though, wouldn't it?
- gusgus01 5y agoThis has been covered pretty extensively in several comment chains, eg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29687522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29687522. But basically, even down to below freezing it's still way above 100% efficient.