It's a hot topic in the USA now because finally heat pumps are available and the prices are starting to be affordable. Many areas in the USA still heat with oi

It's a hot topic in the USA now because finally heat pumps are available and the prices are starting to be affordable. Many areas in the USA still heat with oil for single family residential properties. Residential heating oil has been getting much more expensive and lots of the in-house tanks needed for oil heating are at the end of their life. Rather than buy a new oil tank and continue to spend the money buying oil, it can be less expensive to switch to using a heat pump. Removing the oil tanks from your house can also have health benefits. Many houses in the USA also already have central air conditioning and when replacing your air conditioner system by buying a heat pump is not much extra cost. But now you have the option to use the heat pump to heat your home at least some of the time. For some temperature ranges, depending on your heating fuel and electricity cost, a heat pump is clearly less expensive than using any fuel to produce heat. The popularity can easily be explained simply by looking at total costs of ownership for residential heating.