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Environment & Energy

hunter

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6. The most efficient high-end models are hard to get, and qualified installers are expensive.

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 09:37 PM

Oct 2024

Whenever a new highly efficient heat pump model gets good reviews on social media sites such as YouTube those models are immediately sold out and back-ordered for many months.

If you are building a new house, or if your old furnace, water heater, or air conditioner quits working one day, you want it NOW, whatever they've locally got in stock.

Whatever they've got at Home Depot looks pretty good when you are taking cold showers or you can see your breath when you get out of bed in the morning or are soaked in sweat

Leading edge heat pump technology is still in the domain of those who have comfortable "disposable" incomes and some patience.

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Heat pumps were supposed to help save the planet. But they've run into a bump. [View all] Mosby Oct 2024 OP

I have 3 heat pumps Laurelin Oct 2024 #1

Same! sboatcar Oct 2024 #2

Maybe Not As Great As Advertised? FrankTC Oct 2024 #3

Yep.... Think. Again. Oct 2024 #4

The problem is that, for most individuals, if you already have a working heater... localroger Oct 2024 #5

Heat pumps work both ways pscot Oct 2024 #8

Yes, and they work pretty well for A/C localroger Oct 2024 #9

The most efficient high-end models are hard to get, and qualified installers are expensive. hunter Oct 2024 #6

The first sentence in this text is untrue. NNadir Oct 2024 #7

So there is no single-button magic fix for climate change localroger Oct 2024 #10

This is precisely the belief that led to the extreme global heating we are experiencing. NNadir Oct 2024 #11

Well this wasn't about nuclear vs other sources of power localroger Oct 2024 #12

Any conversation that moves away from primary energy is superfluous in my view. At the end of the day... NNadir Oct 2024 #13

Well considering that the OP wasn't about primary power at all localroger Oct 2024 #15

Thank you for your good wishes. I can read quite well, and irrespective of silly diversions, my quest is seeing... NNadir Oct 2024 #16

Quick! How fast can you build a nuclear plant!? OKIsItJustMe Oct 2024 #14