Rich Felker@gantua Yes they can! Heat pumps move away [generally, a lot!] more heat than the work and waste heat that power them, combined. This doesn't violate any thermodynamic laws because they're just moving that heat somewhere else, generally to a "cold source" that's so large it can be approximated as a fixed-temperature cold bath. This cold bath is what makes it not a closed system.
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