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	==About==		==About==
	A [[heat pump]] is a method of heating or cooling a volume of space by using electrical power to move heat-energy around instead of just generating heat (as in [[resistive heating]]. They are most commonly used for heating buildings (including residential homes), but they can also be used for water heaters and clothes-dryers.		A [[heat pump]] is a method of heating or cooling a volume of space by using electrical power to move heat-energy around instead of just generating heat (as in [[resistive heating]]. They are most commonly used for heating buildings (including residential homes), but they can also be used for water heaters and clothes-dryers.

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==About==
A [[heat pump]] is a method of heating or cooling a volume of space by using electrical power to move heat-energy around instead of just generating heat (as in [[resistive heating]]. They are most commonly used for heating buildings (including residential homes), but they can also be used for water heaters and clothes-dryers.
==Benefits==
The two primary alternatives to heat-pumps are natural gas and radiant electric:
* Natural gas (basically methane) is a fossil-fuel, which requires constant extraction and releases greenhouse gases. Burning fuel also generates heat, which may itself contribute to {{l/ip|global warming}}.
* Radiant electric, although 100% efficient, is still very expensive to run; heat-pumps can be significantly more than 100% efficient and essentially do not contribute to global warming, since they generate as much cooling as heat (just in different places -- inside vs. outside).
==Countering Myths==
There's a lot of misinformation about heat-pumps, largely because of how much the technology has improved since it was first commercially available.
* They do work in cold climates.
* They do not require special wiring or ducting (any more than an air conditioner does).
* They are not inherently super-expensive.
** ...unless you count geothermal/ground-source heat-pumping, but that's optional.
==Links==
===Reference===
* {{wikipedia}}
===Videos===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! when posted || length || channel || link
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2021|02|28}} || 35:14 || Technology Connections || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J52mDjZzto Heat Pumps: the Future of Home Heating]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2021|04|01}} || 28:04 || Technology Connections || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zrx-b2sLUs Ground Source / Geothermal Heat Pumps and Other Info]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2022|03|26}} || 21:02 || Technology Connections || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEHFsO-XSI Why Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2022|04|13}} || 46:32 || Technology Connections || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43XKfuptnik Heat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2024|03|05}} || 11:38 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abGiNL9IT54 The Genius Of Hot Water Heat Pumps]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2025|10|21}} || 14:25 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTb7TKJzr5g How My Geothermal Heat Pump Really Performed (2 Years)]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2022|06|07}} || 14:21 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73qzU8vOc4U Why Heat Pumps are Essential for the Future - Explained]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2023|09|12}} || 14:41 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqzHpeIvhM Why CO2 Heat Pumps Are The Future Of Cooling]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2024|04|30}} || 18:02 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSgv5NwtByk How This New Heat Pump is Genius]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2024|12|27}} || 14:39 || Ziroth || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZzrZ0UxoEY The Genius of the World's Most Efficient Heat Pump]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2024|06|11}} || 13:23 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNlDu_ZHIo8 Why This Window Heat Pump Is Genius]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2025|10|05}} || 13:52 || Just Have a Think || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvesF-lZbZQ This is the future of heat pumps!]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2025|02|04}} || 13:24 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdcbdxop8KA Why Hybrid Solar Heat Pumps are the Future of Home Energy]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2026|02|03}} || 15:46 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2c6Rucbi84 Are Heat Pumps a Scam?]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2024|07|27}} || 10:53 || Sabine Hossenfelder<ref name=misinfo /> || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Th-uC8OYg The Trouble With Heat Pumps]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2024|03|07}} || 09:56 || Sabine Hossenfelder<ref name=misinfo /> || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnNLp3ptDQ These New Heat Pumps Will Make a Real Difference]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2023|11|14}} || 13:10 || Undecided with Matt Ferrell || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3lITyF2zwk Are Heat Pump Dryers Really Worth It? Miele Dryer Review]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2023|04|24}} || 13:53 || Technology Connextras || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjDaUFdKjR4 A surprisingly effective feature of mini-split heat pumps (at least... I think so?)]
{{!-!}} {{fmt/date|2021|04|02}} || 21:30 || Technology Connextras || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRdq2ExLJns How to calculate when heat pumps make financial sense (and other heat pump follow-up thoughts)]
|}
==Footnotes==
<references>
<ref name=misinfo>This channel has presented misinformation on at least one prior occasion.</ref>
</references>

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