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?

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Answer 1

There is. California is requiring new houses to use electrical appliances, not gas (stoves, ovens, clothes dryers, etc)

Also, gas furnaces are now running over 95% efficient. They are extracting almost ALL of the heat from the fuel they consume. The exhaust can be run through a PVC pipe because it’s so cold. Yes, it creates more carbon, but electrical heating is less efficient, especially considering line transmission loss.