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Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid | Grist (grist.org)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

YouTuber Technology Connections has done some great videos on heat pumps.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense given how efficient those things are

Those things are crazy efficient

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Indeed.

And the same is true for electric transportation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Heat pumps are designed to last 15-20 years. Even if the power source is a coal plant today, there's a fairly good chance the power source will be solar or wind or something else halfway through its life. That's the beauty of centralized power generation and electrification.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Apparently newer models are more like 20-30 years, conservatively, depending on use case.