How do heat pumps work and why are the energy efficient?
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I don’t know that there’s an eli5 way to describe how a heat pump is more efficient than traditional electric heaters that use electricity to heat coils, but the reason they’re in the news is that they’re a viable electric alternative to standard natural gas furnaces, which means that they can be run on power from solar, wind, and other renewables, where natural gas furnaces will always be run on fossil fuels, so they’re the best carbon neutral way to heat a home (at least potentially, depending on how electricity is generated).
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