Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agoHeat pumps continue to push fossil fuels out of Canadian homes440megatonnes.caexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down12
arrow-up1282arrow-down1external-linkHeat pumps continue to push fossil fuels out of Canadian homes440megatonnes.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months agoI mean, a resistive electric heater is still (“just”) 100% efficient.
minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months 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.
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.
True.