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by 1123581321 1268 days ago
In the US, anyway, when people say electric resistance heat is inefficient they are comparing it to natural gas heat. It's the same story in water heaters; if you install a HPWH you are betting on not needing to resort to resistance heat because if you do that too much, you probably should've installed a cheaper gas unit instead. (I'm a happy HPWH owner weighing the timing of adding a heat pump for central heat.)