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Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are vanishingly few people who live in areas with weather consistently below -30C. I've been seeing that kind of concern trolling all over the place in the past year or so, and they always have the same song and dance about low efficiency in extreme cold - technically correct, but taken as part of the bigger context, so niche as to be practically irrelevant. Yeah, if you live in Yakutsk you won't want to rely only on a heat pump. Big fuckin' deal - the other 99.5% of people on earth can benefit greatly.

Edit: I wouldn't be susprised if this is the exact same guy I once argued with on Mastodon, actually. He was German too.