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An article from European outlet euronews — reporting that more and more households are beating soaring gas prices by installing heat pumps — drew a wave of responses on the overseas forum Lemmy’s c/europe. Heat pumps have long been common in the Nordic countries, and in recent years cold-climate models that keep running even at -30°C have appeared. In Denmark, wind power supplies 60% of electricity, and the government even subsidizes switching from gas to heat pumps. On the other hand, some pointed out that rising grid costs might cancel out the benefit of falling gas prices.
European countries are beating soaring gas prices by installing heat pumps
Source: euronews.com / Original article here
What people said
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
European countries have been working for several years to cut their dependence on Russian gas, and the spread of heat pumps is part of that trend. The thread’s main point of debate was whether heat pumps are actually practical in cold climates — commenters cited the Nordic countries’ long track record of adoption, along with the latest cold-climate models that keep working even at -30°C. There was also pushback against the logic that ‘falling gas demand means falling gas prices’: since grid costs make up roughly 20% of electricity bills, rising grid costs could offset any such drop. Some countries, like Denmark — which gets 60% of its electricity from wind — even offer subsidies for switching away from gas.
*This article is excerpted from the overseas forum Lemmy c/europe thread “Europeans are beating high gas prices by installing heat pumps” and freely translated into Japanese by our editorial team. Our site is responsible for the translation.
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