[ab_goat]

Brownberger seems to miss the key fact that you can't run a gas heating system on renewable energy.

Just as in switching to an EV isn't going to make things significantly better, switching your heating to heat pump isn't either:

Some basic tips from a fellow Bay Stater:

1. Any new or replacement mechanicals should be use heat pumps (water heater too)

2. Make sure your house is well-insulated to get the best bang for the buck

3. The grid has the ability to use greener energy as time goes on, and you can also opt in to renewable suppliers (in MA, at least)

4. Add a solar array and with net metering it becomes a no brainer.

[c4mpute]

> Brownberger seems to miss the key fact that you can't run a gas heating system on renewable energy.

Of course you can. You can use nat-gas-like gas mixtures from decomposition of different kinds of waste, e.g. biomethane and the like. You can also use hydrogen (within limits) and methane produced from green hydrogen (though usually inefficiently).

[jojobas]

Is net metering available anywhere at all? Where I am it's long gone, and I hear in some areas they charge you to use your excess energy.

[ab_goat]

Net metering is still very much available in MA.

https://www.mass.gov/guides/net-metering-guide

[jojobas]

> if ... and your electric company allows it

So, do electric companies allow it?

[tcfhgj]

> Brownberger seems to miss the key fact that you can't run a gas heating system on renewable energy.

just a small nit pick:

In theory you can produce methane from electricity, so it is possible. However the efficiencies are abysmal, which makes this almost always a very bad solution.