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

I think it depends on country. Here there is increasing pressure and subsidies to use electricity to heat up homes.