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Why Heat Pumps Are the Future, and How Your Home Could Use One

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Why Heat Pumps Are the Future, and How Your Home Could Use One

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months ago

The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why.

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Backup heat is standard with all whole house heat pumps. You pick electric or gas based on cost.

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