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> Heat pumps have always had a built-in resistive heating element as a backup option for when it gets too cold out. This is terribly energy inefficient, but if
by michaelt 4y ago
> Heat pumps have always had a built-in resistive heating element as a backup option for when it gets too cold out. This is terribly energy inefficient, but if you're talking about a few days a year at most it is fine,
Won't it be a problem if heating becomes much less efficient across an entire city, just as demand for heat is at its highest?
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