Why Mainers Are Falling Hard for Heat Pumps
www.nytimes.com
The percentage of households burning home heating oil is the highest in the country. Yet no other state is adopting climate-friendly heat pumps as fast.
  • june 🌿@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    kind of similar situation up here in nova scotia, they work really well for our situation

    it’s good to see people finally converting!

    • dmtalon@infosec.pub
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      8 months ago

      The technology is making it possible… They can work “as heat pumps” in far colder climates than they used to not all that long ago. Allowing them to avoid switching over to electric strips heat longer.

      I’m not wishing our system to have problems but the new compressors are pretty amazing! But of course, like everything, they’re expensive too :)