A French PR executive with links to the gas industry appears to be behind an online campaign to discredit clean heating, it can be revealed. The new investigation by DeSmog and Politico found boutique Paris-based PR firm Digital Tellers is linked to a web of connected Facebook groups and accounts, which regularly share false claims […]
My “favourite” bit of boomer talk in that regard is: “But if it gets seriously cold, you’ll freeze.” Heat pumps work better with higher temperature differences, numbnut. Similarly with EVs. If low temperatures are such an issue, why do Norwegians almost exclusively buy electric?
I’m not sure I understand what you are saying. When the temperature drops below about -20°C, our heat pump stops working and the system switches over automatically to pure electric heat. It makes our electricity bill triple. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen very often.
My “favourite” bit of boomer talk in that regard is: “But if it gets seriously cold, you’ll freeze.” Heat pumps work better with higher temperature differences, numbnut. Similarly with EVs. If low temperatures are such an issue, why do Norwegians almost exclusively buy electric?
I’m not sure I understand what you are saying. When the temperature drops below about -20°C, our heat pump stops working and the system switches over automatically to pure electric heat. It makes our electricity bill triple. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen very often.