<hardhatter> @monero.arbo:matrix.org: Less efficient than heat pump but not gas

<articmine> @ravfx:xmr.mx: A heat pump is more efficient when the outside temperature is close to the inside temperature, but that efficiency really falls when it starts to get very cold outside. Like - 20 C

<articmine> In Canada and northern Europe it is very common.

<ravfx:xmr.mx> I was sure they have heat pump that work fine even at -25C now.

<ravfx:xmr.mx> @hardhatter: Gas is less efficient that resistive afaik. You can't beat 100% efficiency (resistive) except when you cheat (playing with gas proprieties when you expend and compress them... Now when you burn them)

<ravfx:xmr.mx> Yeah, apparently gas can be like 99% efficient at best. That would be lower than 100%.

<ravfx:xmr.mx> But sure, gas might be cheaper than electricity for heating if gas is cheaper per kwh compared to electricity at your place. But price != efficiency and price are widely variable depending of location.