• deFrisselle@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    A heat pump and propane heat seem like a huge waste of money for duplications Plus where do I get the propane after it’s banned

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      1 year ago

      No - a gas electricity generator, powering a heat pump, will use an order of magnitude less gas than if you used the gas directly to heat your home. That’s how efficient heat pumps are.

      • DeusHircus@lemmy.zip
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        Home generators are not very efficient, they lose a lot of energy to heat and noise. It’s close to the break even point so depending on your generator and heatpump, you could use more gas than with a modern gas furnace. Even with a theoretical perfect 100% efficient generator, it’s not going to be an order of magnitude less gas because heat pumps are not 1000% more efficient than a gas furnace