▲ 146 ▼ Very Hard Choice (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by beep@piefed.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 66 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1225516/very-hard-choice
[–] NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child) ACs are very common in Norway, primarily for heating during winter. Also really nice to have during heatwaves too of course permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] folekaule@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) AC in the US aren't (usually) heat pumps. The most common setup here is a furnace for heating (usually natural gas) plus AC, connected to the same central air unit. Heat pumps are pretty common, but not nearly as universal. Just mentioning it because "AC" isn't usually used to refer to heat pumps here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) They're heat pumps by definition, just locked into operating one way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] folekaule@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I'm aware, but when I talk to regular people here in the Midwest, they will not be thinking heat pumps if you call them AC. I'm just trying to make sure everyone is on the same page. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) AC in the US aren't (usually) heat pumps. The most common setup here is a furnace for heating (usually natural gas) plus AC, connected to the same central air unit. Heat pumps are pretty common, but not nearly as universal. Just mentioning it because "AC" isn't usually used to refer to heat pumps here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) They're heat pumps by definition, just locked into operating one way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] folekaule@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I'm aware, but when I talk to regular people here in the Midwest, they will not be thinking heat pumps if you call them AC. I'm just trying to make sure everyone is on the same page. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) They're heat pumps by definition, just locked into operating one way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] folekaule@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I'm aware, but when I talk to regular people here in the Midwest, they will not be thinking heat pumps if you call them AC. I'm just trying to make sure everyone is on the same page. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I'm aware, but when I talk to regular people here in the Midwest, they will not be thinking heat pumps if you call them AC. I'm just trying to make sure everyone is on the same page. permalink fedilink source parent