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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(23)00351-3

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

would be a neat story in 1920

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Follow the Money for who funds these studies

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

they do https://www.raponline.org/# feel free to investigate on them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sadly, makes bugger all difference here in Australia - our electricity is mostly coal-generated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's still usually more efficient and better for emissions when the coal is burned at a power plant with high efficiency and filtering systems.