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 had one in North Carolina. I was freezing. And that was on the Outer Banks.
This doesn’t sound like a good idea.
“But doing so is possible, and best accomplished through mass electrification, the report found.”
And just where is all this clean electricity going to come from?
Well, there are going to be a lot of frozen Minnesotans if this takes place. I guess having a lot of dead people should help “climate change,” even though it is quite macabre to do it that way.
Concepts like this (”Everyone needs a heat pump”) shows how abjectly stupid some of these people are. Probably majored in transgender studies. 🙄
“Heat pumps are ‘cheapest, healthiest’ way to meet Minnesota’s climate goals, local coalition says”
Perhaps they don’t know that Minnesota get cold in winter, REALLY, REALLY, COLD, and that heat pumps don’t work in that weather?
Here in Texas, one can argue that heat pumps can be practical*, as most of our winter weather is in their normal operating range. But Minnesota - SPARE ME.
*as to whether they’re economic, that obviously depends on the price of fuel versus the cost of power...and power has gone up about 13% a year in Texas since the Globalists took over DC in 2021.
I work in a large building where they renovated a storage space to offices. They installed heat pumps in the renovated space, but the rest of the building still has natural gas forced air or in-floor heat. On the same campus we have a small building where they replaced a early 1990s gas forced air system with heat pumps.
Both are similar vintage and construction. The heat pump works fine for that extra bootin the building with the existing gas heat as doors go between both spaces. However, in the other building we still have a few portable electric heaters as they just can’t keep up, especially in the exterior rooms with windows or doors. They work fine down to the upper 30s then you start to notice the issues.
Going out into the frozen woods and freezing to death is the best way to meet Climate Objectives in Minn.
Unless one is an Illegal.
Heat pumps work well in many areas, but they’re not going to cure an imaginary climate crisis.
“Oilon is the oldest ground source heat pump manufacturer in Finland.”
“In a borehole, for example, water temperature remains at a few degrees Celsius throughout the year. This keeps the heat pump’s coefficient of performance at a steady, high level even at the harshest winter conditions.”
https://oilon.com/en-gb/products-gb/ground-source-heat-pumps/
Heat pumps don’t really work very well north of Mobile,AL.
Just sayin
Not that my experience is statistically significant, but I have had a heat pump, and it had the reliability of a Yugo. Those that I have known who also had heat pumps have a similar experience. And, my math and engineering background leads me to come to the conclusion that we’re not getting the cream of the crop with regards to climate “research”.
Tell the lady that the facts prove otherwise- they don’t work in climates colder than say 30
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
“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.
Dumb Minnesota gov wind and solar ain’t gona heat in the winter at -10 to - 50
Below 40 degrees they are worth less.....
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.