> the definition of “using electricity to heat their homes” used by the federal energy office appears to mean the use of electrical resistance baseboard heatin

> the definition of “using electricity to heat their homes” used by the federal energy office appears to mean the use of electrical resistance baseboard heating versus natural gas heated-air furnaces. > But, in the Energize Denver initiative, city officials are talking about heat pumps versus gas furnaces, which means a different set of cost calculations. I'd argue that with a sensible cost of carbon and a decent rollout of cheap reneweables even direct electric heating would win. But no one is suggesting that is the way to go, since we have much better options, so methane salesmen taking a victory lap feels like an attempt at misdirection. Why are they afraid of doing the real sums? Did they do them and discover they didn't help sell methane?