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> If I didn't have a propane furnace I'd have to fly to Florida every winter. Keep the propane. Use it 5 days every year. You still have 95% of the reduction
by hwillis 4y ago
> If I didn't have a propane furnace I'd have to fly to Florida every winter.
Keep the propane. Use it 5 days every year. You still have 95% of the reduction in CO2 and pollution that a heat pump brings, and reliable heat. Nobody is saying you have to be totally reliant on the heat pump. They don't even work the same way.
This is like refusing to get an air conditioner because you'll have to get rid of your heater. KEEP BOTH! You aren't even really replacing your heating, you're replacing your air conditioner, because a heat pump is an air conditioner. It just also happens to be incredibly good at keeping your home warm as well as cool.
- mdavis6890 4y agoActually I think that's exactly the concern - that people won't be allowed to keep their carbon-fuel heating systems, even as a backup.
- hwillis 4y agoThen the people who think that are hysterical. Nobody is going to be forced to freeze to death over CO2 emissions.
- falcolas 4y agoPeople (in the US) freeze to death every winter (cut off utilities, or power outages and only resistive baseboard heaters). No regulations needed. Reliable electricity is hard, and we’ll need it more and more as we travel down our increasingly electric future.