silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoElectric heat costs way less than reports say, new data suggestswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down12
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkElectric heat costs way less than reports say, new data suggestswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareUranium3006@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agobut your strips only need to come on when it’s very cold out. in almost all climates that’s only the very coldest days, and in some places like LA it’s never too cold
minus-squareratman150linkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s my point, my heat pump uses on avg 1/5th the energy of my heat strips. Comparing the two is at best disingenuous.
but your strips only need to come on when it’s very cold out. in almost all climates that’s only the very coldest days, and in some places like LA it’s never too cold
That’s my point, my heat pump uses on avg 1/5th the energy of my heat strips. Comparing the two is at best disingenuous.