Yes, heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid
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Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if you run it on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here's why.

The article doesn’t go into it, but a key advantage they have is that heat pumps move heat, rather then trying to generate it. So they can move a lot more heat into your house than would be generated by running the electricity they use through a resistor. This makes them effectively more than 100% efficient (the exact amount depends on temperature) as compared with burning a fuel or resistive heat.

  • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    4 months ago

    That’s exactly what I said. Air Conditioners are heat pumps which only pump one way.

    • Majoof@aussie.zone
      1·
      4 months ago

      No you said heat pumps are air conditioners which is wrong.

      Heat pumps are a technology.

      Some are used as air conditioners, some are used as heaters, some as both. Some are used for heating liquids, some are used for cooling foods. They simply move heat from one location to another, application and reversibility independent.

        • Majoof@aussie.zone
          1·
          4 months ago

          Nah you’re arse about. It’d be like saying all internal combustion engines are generators.

          Engines just drive things, like cars, generators, lawn mowers etc. They’re a technology for rotating something.

          Heat pumps are just a technology for moving heat.

          Not going to reply any further as unsure at this stage if you’re trolling. Literally just go read the Wikipedia page on heat pumps.