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Where I live (UK) heat pumps are very heavily promoted for a host of the good reasons. However, it's the UK, so the usual caveats apply (average installation company is 200% profit driven and 0% quality driven, and the houses insulation is on average quite awful).

I didn't make the move yet because the average installation quality in general is staggeringly shoddy, so I'd get nowhere near the advertised benefits for twice the price, because if have to replace my radiators, and because I don't have the PV and the battery system to soften the blow.

[mytailorisrich]

Cynically, in the UK heat pumps are also promoted because they an alternative to public investment in energy production and grid upgrades, which are already under pressure with the transition to EVs. This applies to many European countries...