Comment on Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold

• Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This comment section is a trip. Any time anyone is like “I have reservations about my own heat pump” and people are just responding with downvotes and “no”

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  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean, it’s fine to have issues with your own unit. The only issue I personally take is when people (not this individual to be clear) use those issues as a counter argument. It’s like saying “my air conditioner has a freon leak and freezes up every year, so air conditioners are terrible in general.”

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    • DarthBueller@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I had no idea sharing my experience would be interpreted as a clarion call to fuck all heat pumps straight to hell forever.

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    • Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think it’s an issue that people are passionate about and the “discussion” just turns into some kind of political shouting match.

      Like, it’s actually been settled for quite some time: MOVING heat is more efficient than generating it or absorbing it through phase transitions. This study is just one more on a long parade saying the same thing.

      What features and installation considerations exist for different climates? Do some manufacturers specialize in systems that excel in different circumstances?

      I’d be surprised if they didn’t. I’d be really interested in hearing who the premiere manufacturers are who design systems intended for use in Northern Canada. I’d be interested in who makes best systems for use in Phoenix. I can’t imagine the same system is ideal for both places.

      That’s an interesting conversation to have. “Mine doesn’t work good” “yes it does, fuck you” is tedious.

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      • somedaysoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Right but efficiency doesn’t mean it’s better. Electric heat has always been 100% efficient, but that does not make it the most cost effective nor best solution.

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      • DarthBueller@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The crazy thing is I even left it open ended with a question mark, inviting people to enlighten me. And what I got is precisely what I wanted, along with a ton of downvotes like I was an ideologue or something. I’m an ideologue about some things, heat pumps not being one of them. Regardless, now I know that there are, in fact, heat pumps that are designed to work much better in cold climates than the one I have, and that there are plenty of cold-climate folks who find the performance of the heat pump to be sub-par in extra cold weather, requiring supplementary heat.

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