• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    In an ideal world, yes, we’d keep the carbon tax cranked. But fuck that. People with oil heaters would get off them if they could. If they’re still on oil, there’s probably a reason.

    The current subsidies of heat pumps look like they’re structured as loans. And they’re complicated. Don’t do that. Just install the damn heat pump for free, and call it a day.

    • ClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m not an HVAC guy, but I don’t think a heat pump would be beneficial in the parts of the country where they still use heating oil. Because the heat pumps use ambient air if the climate they’re in is too cold for too long they can’t actually work.

      • june 🌿@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        yeah i think it’s like around -42 C that most of them you can’t run anymore? so you need another heat source during times when you get that low, which up north is obviously more common

        • lloydsmart@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          Heat pumps are efficient at very low temperatures now, and are suitable for the vast majority of homes.

          However, in the literal Arctic you probably will need an additional heat source. This could be resistive electric, but tbh so few people live that far north that I’d be fine with them using fossil fuels. Their emissions would be a rounding error on a global scale.

          If we want to completely ban fossil fuels then biomass could be another option for the Arctic in winter.

      • sbv@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        From the article, much of the heating oil use is in NB, PEI, and Nova Scotia. The Atlantic climate is well within the limits of heat pump use.

        With toaster elements, heat pumps are effective for southern Ontario as well.

        Northern communities, not so much.