Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoHeat pumps continue to push fossil fuels out of Canadian homes440megatonnes.caexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down12
arrow-up1348arrow-down1external-linkHeat pumps continue to push fossil fuels out of Canadian homes440megatonnes.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoI mean, a resistive electric heater is still (“just”) 100% efficient.
minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah but if some direct combustion of a fossil fuel is cheaper than electricity, then the actual dollars per unit heat will be cheaper with a fossil fuel source.
minus-squareChristian@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoCheaper, but less efficient. Fossil fuels have a efficiency < 1. Question is, what’s more important for you: money or environment…
I mean, a resistive electric heater is still (“just”) 100% efficient.
Yeah but if some direct combustion of a fossil fuel is cheaper than electricity, then the actual dollars per unit heat will be cheaper with a fossil fuel source.
Cheaper, but less efficient. Fossil fuels have a efficiency < 1.
Question is, what’s more important for you: money or environment…