Eli5 if electric vehicles are better for the environment than fossil fuel, why isn’t there any emphasis on heating homes with electricity rather gas or oil?

Question

Eli5 if electric vehicles are better for the environment than fossil fuel, why isn’t there any emphasis on heating homes with electricity rather gas or oil?

In: Physics

Answer 1

There is a lot of work on electrifying large parts of the economy going on in conjunction with cleaning up the supply of electricity.

One examples is the progress being made to make heat pumps work in colder and colder places.

So yes electrification is being discussed.