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Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone? (grist.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's expensive to get them installed. Instead of ducts running all over your house, the refrigerant line has to run from the outside section to the inside section. It costs as much to get one of these as a normal central air system because it's also complicated. Heat pumps are more efficient in certain situations so that's the tradeoff.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Central heat pumps are a thing. You are thinking of mini split systems.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Even if we are talking about mini splits, they're not hard to install. Any adult with a drill can do it.