Sales are growing so quickly that some installers wonder whether heat pumps could even wipe out the demand for new air conditioners in a few years and put a significant dent in the number of natural gas furnaces.

  • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I really don’t agree with that. “Baseboard heaters are 100% efficient” is an objectively false statement. And efficiency is a very common and basic concept that doesn’t require a degree to understand.

    I think instead of just dismissing it as pedantic, people could learn something.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe try looking it up.

      Electric resistance heating is 100% energy efficient in the sense that all the incoming electric energy is converted to heat