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?

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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?

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70% of the gas you burn in your car is lost as heat energy, it doesn’t actually help your wheels turn. This is very *inefficient*. Gas burners are not this inefficient so there’s not really a big benefit to using electricity to heat homes.

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