How a Heat Pump Works

Re:How a Heat Pump Works by billjings on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:13AM (#34741636)

Here's a couple of reasons:

1. The American market has a lot of incorrect perceptions of heat pumps. Debunking these makes for great viral content! 2. The IRA introduced big incentives for various electrification expenses.

The incentives are the big thing, but the public interest/controversy part is why some enhancements like heat pumps and kitchen electrification ("don't take away my gas stove!") are going more viral than, say, electric vehicles (technology connections guy has some good EV content, but it's not doing quite the same numbers)

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Re:How a Heat Pump Works by sophacles on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:18AM (#34741698)

What is IRA in this context? I don't think heat pumps have anything to do with retirement nor the political status of Norther Ireland.

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Re:How a Heat Pump Works by aaronbrethorst on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:32AM (#34741928)

The inflation reduction act of 2022. https://www.hvac.com/resources/inflation-reduction-act-heat-...

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Re:How a Heat Pump Works by billjings on Friday February 10, 2023 @12:00PM (#34742342)

Yep, the Inflation Reduction Act is what I meant. It came into effect this year.

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Re:How a Heat Pump Works by sophacles on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:08PM (#34747906)

Thanks for the clarification (both of you!).

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Re:How a Heat Pump Works by tekla on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:20AM (#34741730)

Its a fairly easy to parse typo of IRS.

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Re:How a Heat Pump Works by sophacles on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:26AM (#34741804)

Oh that makes some sense, I guess I wasn't thinking about them since they aren't the ones who change tax law.

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