[kevstev]

Yeah but there are other solutions as well. When these articles come up people seem so obsessed about finding some gotcha! and why it won't work for them in certain situations, its strange to me. Heat pumps are absolutely a better technology that will recoup their higher costs within 10 years for just about everyone (yes, not everyone... just about everyone). Find me a guaranteed 10% return in the market these days please, I will thank you enormously.

I am looking into this right now in the NYC area. My ~13 year old HVAC system has a refrigerant leak in the AC component. Heat pumps that work in the very cold are considerably more expensive. Except... I have a perfectly fine gas powered furnace that will likely last another 20 years, if not more. So we are going to leave the furnace in, only have it kick on if the temps get too cold and... done. This may not be true in all environments, but in the Northeast, electrical demand is far far higher in the summer than the winter.

Yeah, in the super cold north, maybe they aren't a home run- yet- but they get better every year, but this whole ludditeism and resistance to change is very strange for a place like HN.