[TheMiddleMan]

It's my understanding that, in ideal but realistic conditions, it's more efficient to burn fuel in a powerplant and use the generated electricity to run a heatpump, than it is to just burn the fuel for heat. Pretty neat!

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More efficient but more expensive, depending on the rates you pay for electricity vs. natural gas.

[nottorp]

Exactly, efficient for who?

If it's so much more efficient why is a local burner (natural gas, wood whatever) a couple times cheaper for the person living there?