Comment on Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold
yata@sh.itjust.works 9 months agoYour information is outdated. It is even clearly mentioned in the one-sentence summary in the OP:
Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold::Published Monday in the scientific journal Joule, the research found that heat pumps are two to three times more efficient than their oil and gas counterparts, specifically in temperatures ranging from 10 C to -20 C.
BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
That doesn’t say anything about gas prices.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Precisely. The idealists here don’t seem to understand that if a person can save money using traditional heating, that’s most likely what they’re gonna replace a broken unit with.
pedalmore@lemmy.world 9 months ago
And the naysayers don’t actually run calculations to see what their true costs might be, they already decided gas is king. A couple of good ol boy type HVAC folks that all say “just get a furnace” is all they need to know, reality be damned.
jatone@reddthat.com 9 months ago
its hard to get a person who living is based on a lie to see the truth.
BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Well my gas is only 3 times cheaper currently before the Ukraine war it was 6-7 times cheaper so…