1, Heat pumps. Contrasting news from the US and Europe. In the US, heat pump sales exceeded gas boilers for the second year running, although sales of both types of heaters fell last year. Heat pump sales contracted by 17% compared to 23% for gas boilers. But the US still managed over 3.6 million installations. Europe
Dear Chris, the big news in your first point on HEAT PUMPS is NOT the fact that the quantity decreases more or less than gas heaters: IT IS THE FACT that (going to one article mentioned in your text) BOSCH (Fort Lauderdale) has designed the FIRST HEAT PUMP that works perfectly AT MINUS 15°C to heat a house, and down to MINUS 25°C with their new technology... This is a GREAT LEAP FORWARD in the use of Heat pumps as a decarbonation way accelerating the SWITCH from fossil energies... It is worth MENTIONING: a REAL breakthrough...! See here:
Dear Chris, the big news in your first point on HEAT PUMPS is NOT the fact that the quantity decreases more or less than gas heaters: IT IS THE FACT that (going to one article mentioned in your text) BOSCH (Fort Lauderdale) has designed the FIRST HEAT PUMP that works perfectly AT MINUS 15°C to heat a house, and down to MINUS 25°C with their new technology... This is a GREAT LEAP FORWARD in the use of Heat pumps as a decarbonation way accelerating the SWITCH from fossil energies... It is worth MENTIONING: a REAL breakthrough...! See here:
https://ecoconversions.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Bosch-francais.pdf
Brochure exists also in English on the web...
https://www.google.com/search?q=bosch+IDS&rlz=1C1PRFG_frBE869BE869&oq=bosch+IDS&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABiABDIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjIICAUQABgWGB4yCAgGEAAYFhgeMggIBxAAGBYYHjIICAgQABgWGB4yCAgJEAAYFhge0gEINDE5NmowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c668ee61,vid:0uVk2zMpYZM,st:0