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Well of course it is being pushed, though I would not necessarily call it coordinated. Companies that sell heat pumps are advertising hard. It's an easy sell f
by elil17 4y ago
Well of course it is being pushed, though I would not necessarily call it coordinated.
Companies that sell heat pumps are advertising hard. It's an easy sell for them with rising gas prices.
The US government is "pushing them" by offering tax credits for heat pump systems. This is part of a plan to reduce pollution, improve energy independence/energy security, and save citizens money on their heating bills. No secret there - politicians and public servants are excited about this and they are talking about it. They are also offering tax credits for other high efficiency heating systems, but not that many people are looking at those tax credits because buying a new high efficiency gas furnace doesn't make that much sense when you could buy a more efficient heat pump instead.
Many individual people are also talking about them because they are a great way to help the environment and save money at the same time.
And I think a lot of people just think they are cool technology as well.
- boringg 4y agoI think this is probably the right answer. It keeps popping up everywhere. I'm always a skeptic on when something gets super hyped. In this case it's more use-case specific that makes me skeptical - majority of people its 100% fit.
- elil17 4y agoI also tend to be skeptical when I see something hyped, but I work in this space and I can say that this tech is really the best option for most residential applications. It's old tech, it's been around since the 1800s. The only thing that has changed is that heat pumps have gotten cheap and energy has gotten expensive. There are applications where heat pumps cannot replace boilers - in industrial processes where high temperatures are required or tremendous capacity is needed intermittently. However, unless your temperatures are routinely below about -20 F, a heat pump is the best choice (and even if temperatures occasionally drop below that, heat pumps are still an excellent choice because those extreme temperatures might only last for a handful of hours out of the year, during which insulation or a cheap electrical resistance heater can keep you warm).