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.

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.

  • lobut@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Oh I have no idea, I just got to this thread and see you’re at -6.

    It’s weird because I thought it was an informative post. Made me want to look more into it and if it was just a subsection of heat pumps that was affected.

    • DarthBueller@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think because I left open the possibility that there’s any utility at all to fossil fuel usage, they’re treating me like a whacko that’s hoarding incandescent light bulbs because I believe LED light bulbs are distributed computing nodes for mind control space lasers or something. I’m not - I was reacting to the article based on my experience with a mini-split heat pump that can’t handle a week of 15F weather without freezing into an iceberg, even with a defrost cycle.