Posted on 06/22/2024 6:49:34 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
If Minnesota wants to reach its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the state must rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, a sector where pollution is still on the rise.
A path to phasing out building emissions exists, according to a new report commissioned by Clean Heat Minnesota, a diverse group of energy experts, cities, community service organizations, and consumer advocates.
The report, called the Minnesota Building Decarbonization Analysis, shows that billions of dollars in investments and dedicated planning will be needed to help the state hit its climate targets. But doing so is possible, and best accomplished through mass electrification, the report found.
(Excerpt) Read more at sahanjournal.com ...
Tell the lady that the facts prove otherwise- they don’t work in climates colder than say 30
Coal powered auxiliary generators in everyone's house? You can also use the excessive waste heat to warm your Minnesota house between October and April when the heat pump can't heat your house.
More seriously, if I had to have a heat pump in Minnesota, I would pay extra to install a geothermal heat pump because the air would be far too cold to use as a heat source there. Even in Ohio you will spend too much time with the resistive heater to afford the bill.
people are goign to be forced to switch to heat pumps- then find out they can’t heat properly, and be forced again to go rogue and buy wood stoves or gas or oil furnaces again- they hsoudla just stuck with wood or oil or gas
Geothermal [ground source] pumps typically cost $6,000 to $20,000, while air-source systems run between $4,500 and $8,000.
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/reviews/hvac/heat-pump-cost
low 20’s is a heatwave in some states mid winter-
“Ensure the heat pump is designed to operate efficiently in your specific climate, especially in temperatures as low as -25°C to -35°C.”
https://www.aceheatpumps.ca/post/demystifying-heat-pumps-in-canada-2023-common-queries-answered
Unless they are ground sourced heat pumps this is not right. When you get close to freezing outdoors heatpumps fall back on resistance heat. Wherrr goes the meter.
Heat pumps run cycle is very long reducing life of compressor and the electric bills are very high.
Bump
Dumb Minnesota gov wind and solar ain’t gona heat in the winter at -10 to - 50
Below 40 degrees they are worth less.....
Tampa........
Heat pumps work in North Carolina below the Raleigh freeze line. They are not efficient in freezing Nirthern weather. Anyone who knows anything about A/C knows a HP will use too much energy and not able to make enough heat. Someone is getting paid by manufacturers to push this BS.
Being that the least energy efficient sector of the economy is big government, Minnesota should drop all government clock punchers and committee members into the Mississippi River. Let God’s heat pump move them to a warmer climate of their choosing where they don’t need to burn money to stay alive.
In Texas a year or two ago thousands and thousands of heat pumps switched to resistance at once, and dowwwn went the grid.
In the Midwest, the major renewable source is wind.
I have no knowledge of winds in a Minnesota winter.
somewhat dated:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wind_farms_in_the_United_States
[Heat Pumps work down to outside temps in the 30s. Not sub-zero like in Minnesota at times
H/P great for Florida
Idiots]
I live in Canada and we use a Mitsubishi Zuba heat pump and its excellent and good down to-30c.
Guarantee that no one on this study group is from Bemidji or Hibbing...
Absolutely no heat pump ever built will heat a home when the temp is -65 degrees Fahrenheit...
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