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I could almost believe you were making your argument in good faith until, >Add electric baseboards as a backup for sub -5F temps and you can cover 100% of the
by superkuh 2y ago
I could almost believe you were making your argument in good faith until,
>Add electric baseboards as a backup for sub -5F temps and you can cover 100% of the country with electricity.
Now that is nonsense. They don't work in Minneapolis. Which brings us back full circle to the topic at hand: this "ex-googler" heat pump does nothing to improve on the operations or universality of heat pumps. It just makes them look aesthetically pleasing and that's worthless.
I'm not anti-heat-pump. I just wish they'd be developed into a truly universal solution.
- micromacrofoot 2y agoelectric resistance baseboards work everywhere, they're 100% efficient in terms of heat generation heat pumps work well until about -5F (they still work at temps below this, but max temp is limited) I know because I live in an area that occasionally sees temps as low as -10F. I removed oil for electric. when using both in tandem electric heat can work everywhere but it doesn't matter... only a small percent of the country sees temperatures that low, so it would be fine if they continued using gas