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Actually it is physics and the market https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/ https://www.statista.com/statistic
by ttt3ts 3y ago
Actually it is physics and the market https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electric... a huge percentage of us electrical power is from natural gas. Natural gas to electricity to heat is a lot less efficient.
- jeffbee 3y agoThere's not even a physics reason why a heat pump needs to be electric. There are gas-fired heat pumps. There are even gas-fired refrigerators. These weird anti heat-pump memes are just being regurgitated by people who do not understand what they are talking about.
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- adrianN 3y agoA modern gas turbine is around 50% efficient, give or take 10%. A modern heat pump has a COP of around 4, so burning gas to make electricity to run a heat pump is more efficient than burning gas to make heat.