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25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America::The US Climate Alliance met in New York City this week to explain the benefits of heat pumps, including better health for American families.

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[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For those who don't want to guess: Guam and Puerto Rico were counted as states.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 49 points 1 year ago

What are they trying to do with that map? Why not just use a regular map so LA isn't west of TX?

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

People try and make maps of the states where everyone is equal sized a lot for graphics because it's hard to label smaller states in an easily readable way. This messed up the geography though as seen above.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

That looks pretty blue (off the top of my British head).

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's has most of but not all the blue states but there's also red ones too.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wtf, North Dakota and Montana?

You guys stand to benefit from this.

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Of course, they also have oil wells, don't they...

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like to shit on GOP states as much as anyone... But the southern states are all already going to have A/C in most buildings. While I realize that isn't the same, and heat pumps are more versatile. There isn't nearly as much need as there is in say Maine or Washington, additionally most buildings in the south are designed to keep heat out and stay cool because it's always gotten and stayed hot there.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fact that southern states already have A/C is even more of a reason they should be leading the charge towards heat pumps. Industry-standard practice around here being to install entire natural gas furnaces instead of just adding a damn reversing valve to the A/C we were always gonna install anyway is just flat-out moronic.

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