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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by pxx on Saturday April 29, 2023 @06:06PM (#35757723)
Um. Aren't we talking about stoves? Heat pumps aren't usable for this application.

Even in the furnace case you need fairly ideal numbers for the heat pump to overtake the loss of 50% you're taking just in the generation step.

And I don't know what's up with your claim about solar and wind energy.

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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by XorNot on Saturday April 29, 2023 @06:37PM (#35757945)
Induction cook tops are considerably more efficient at getting heat into the cookware then gas stoves are.
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Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui... by meetingthrower on Sunday April 30, 2023 @07:33AM (#35761614)
No the law bans gas HEATING! All the comments in this thread are on the <1% use case.
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