Or we just go for organic farming, since it’s not using artifical fertilizer and actually keeps the soil alive, which in return has various positive effects on the enviroment. If we keep going like we did since the last decades there will be death for sure
What’s people’s thoughts on these for a new build that won’t connect to the gas grid. Electric underfloor heating is almost 100% efficient, cheap, doesn’t need plumbing or radiators, and incredibly easy to zone rooms. But these are 300-400% efficient
Heat pumps are fantastic, some of the most efficient machines humans have made! Recently upgraded from an old 1950’s oil furnace to a heat pump w/ electric backup and I’ve saved so much money.
I put in a dual fuel heat pump in my Massachusetts house a couple years ago. I'd love to have just a heat pump, but those arctic temperature excursions we get - ironically because of climate change destabilizing the jet stream - combined with our ongoing lack of cheap, sustainable electric generation made me want to keep that gas furnace backup for the worst of the season.
Heat pump means in using my gas furnace about 50% less than I was before the switch. And also, new gas furnace is 96% efficient rather than 80%.
-60⁰ F windchill. You always want to install the heat pump exchanger where it's not getting battered by wind anyway, so it's probably not feeling temps that low
Better than this, I’m in QC (basically same climate as ME) and my heatpump is rated -20C/-4F and yes it works in winter to heat the house. Sometimes the heat pump goes in a “anti frost mode”, it’s automatic. I set it to 73F in winter and depending of the room it’s between 70 and 73, even if it’s -4F outside.
In QC, ME, VT, etc it can go down to -22F in winter, not uncommon. I have electric baseboard set to 70F so in case the heatpump stops, the baseboards take the relay.
Geothermo is great if you have it, but it takes a lot of money to install for the few days you need backup heat. A regular gas furnace is a better backup.
If you have geothermo sized right for your house and climate you don't need a backup at all. However at the expensive of installing it you can get a modern air source heat pump for a lot less $$$, and so overall that is the better plan for most people even though in many climates you will need some other backup heat source for the days that it gets too cold for the air source heat pump.
I barely drive at all anymore, love my bike! That might change come winter, but for now I ride waaay more than I drive and have saved a ton on gas. Plus, it's way more fun than driving.
I put about 450 miles on my bike in the last couple of months and maybe 20 on my car. A lot of that isn't even out of necessity, I'm just riding for fun and exploring. Sometimes it's even faster than driving because I don't have to worry about using roads.
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