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Should people live in an area that needs to burn fossil fuels for heating? Energy efficient heat pumps, which AC is, only work on a relatively narrow band of te
by bcrosby95 4y ago
Should people live in an area that needs to burn fossil fuels for heating? Energy efficient heat pumps, which AC is, only work on a relatively narrow band of temperature differentials. You can't really use them in freezing conditions.
There's lots of hand wringing about living in hot, dry climates. It's just odd to me because where people live, in general, are not particularly amenable to the number of humans living there.
- shagie 4y agoHeat pumps have come a long way. https://youtu.be/MFEHFsO-XSI https://youtu.be/MFEHFsO-XSI gets into the energy efficiency of heat pumps and their temperature tolerances.
- Mistletoe 4y agoCold can be mitigated by enhanced R-value insulation in a single application. Water use is continuous. https://www.energystar.gov/campaign/seal_insulate/identify_problems_you_want_fix/diy_checks_inspections/insulation_r_values https://www.energystar.gov/campaign/seal_insulate/identify_p... I don't really see a hot/cold stratification in this chart- https://www.statista.com/chart/12098/the-us-states-with-the-highest-energy-costs/ https://www.statista.com/chart/12098/the-us-states-with-the-... And even then, the difference in costs seems quite small. Alaska is $332 and Georgia is $310.