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If everyone in the world had an engineering degree the distinction might have been important, but complaining about it in this context is just pedantic.
I really don't agree with that. "Baseboard heaters are 100% efficient" is an objectively false statement. And efficiency is a very common and basic concept that doesn't require a degree to understand.
I think instead of just dismissing it as pedantic, people could learn something.
Maybe try looking it up.
@nebula @Rodeo
Here’s how to compare baseboards to heat pumps.
Baseboards create heat through resistive loads. As all the energy creates heat, you can say they are 100% efficient, but that is misleading if you take that to be good.
Heat pumps simply move heat, in either direction, to heat, or cool, and they do this using 1/3rd the energy.
Today’s heat pumps work at much lower air temperatures, can also use ground loops, or exchange heat from water bodies. #HeatPumps