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Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone?

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Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone?

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 2 months ago

Rewiring America ran the numbers and found that a big investment in heat pumps would end up paying for itself.

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Mini splits come in air source systems, and can be quite efficient.

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