▲ 44 ▼ Canadian Carbon tax exemption on home heating oil sets climate policies back, advocates say (www.cbc.ca) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] junezephier@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah i think it's like around -42 C that most of them you can't run anymore? so you need another heat source during times when you get that low, which up north is obviously more common permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lloydsmart@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Heat pumps are efficient at very low temperatures now, and are suitable for the vast majority of homes. However, in the literal Arctic you probably will need an additional heat source. This could be resistive electric, but tbh so few people live that far north that I'd be fine with them using fossil fuels. Their emissions would be a rounding error on a global scale. If we want to completely ban fossil fuels then biomass could be another option for the Arctic in winter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lloydsmart@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Heat pumps are efficient at very low temperatures now, and are suitable for the vast majority of homes. However, in the literal Arctic you probably will need an additional heat source. This could be resistive electric, but tbh so few people live that far north that I'd be fine with them using fossil fuels. Their emissions would be a rounding error on a global scale. If we want to completely ban fossil fuels then biomass could be another option for the Arctic in winter. permalink fedilink source parent