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   ggdupont (gdupont@framapiaf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-2026 02:07:47 JST ggdupont

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs One could argue that heat (rejected in the environment) is a side product of cooling devices while it is the main product of heating devices ;-)

   So the parallel is not that simple...

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     Juggling With Eggs (jugglingwitheggs@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-2026 02:14:28 JST Juggling With Eggs

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     Depends on age of heat pump…but yes your figures are absolutely possible.

     Sadly most people in the UK have no concept of what this means. Our rightwing (fossil fuel funded) media has told them they are ‘expensive and not suited to our drafty ancient housing stock’ so they’ve rejected them for years while the EU and other parts of the world have adopted them at scale and pace.

     But things are changing…thanks to Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran. Enquiries are up!

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     • JuMi

     @jumianr @thomasfuchs Don't you even get better heating efficiency from burning gas to power a turbine to power a heat pump than by just burning gas?

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     JuMi (jumianr@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jun-2026 02:24:24 JST JuMi

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs and a heat pump can be powered by renewable energy. Gas not so much.