Comment on Could heating oil subsidies be reduced or replaced with subsidies for installing electric heating and houses.?

CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  mmm…so they claim. I know people with heat pumps who needed to install secondary heating. Entirely depends on house size.

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  • timroerstroem@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Of course it depends on the house; just like you wouldn’t put a moped engine in a tank, a heat pump needs to be sized for the space to be heated (or cooled).

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  • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Using secondary heat for a few days or even a month a year is still a huge improvement, huge cost savings, and adds up to a massive reduction in annual carbon footprint, even if you’re using a fossil fuel furnace for secondary heat. People are crazy to not consider heat pumps as the primary heat option, especially if you already have central air conditioning, it’s basically the same machine, typically with the same connections and location, just physically somewhat bigger. Obviously it won’t work absolutely everywhere, but for the vast majority it’s a brilliant option and almost a drop-in replacement.

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  • GreenBeard@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If you’re installing the right sized heat pump for the space you’re heating, they’re great. If you try to heat Buckingham Palace with a space heater, you’re going to have a bad time.

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  • bluGill@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not just size, location. The best heat pumps stop working at around -20. Where I live it gets colder than that for a few days every couple years so I must have secondary heating.

    The common heat pump in the US is only good to 25. There is no reason for this, but I don't know how to fix it.

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