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Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold (www.nationalobserver.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're right to be concerned about emissions, if you live in a place where a significant portion electricity comes from coal its almost certainly cleaner to just burn the natural gas. Which area of the world is this if you don't mind saying?

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm in Alberta (Canada)

Alberta power generation

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Haha yeah that would do it. Even here in Ontario we still have a lot of houses with gas hookups despite our clean and (relatively) cheap electricity, but I see more ads for heat pump installs now so it's definitely changing.