Why heaters are the future of cooling

"Heat Pump" is a nice way of saying "Every room heater and air conditioner" which raises costs. Sure these are a few grand each, but add them to every room needed and you got a disconnected system that costs 2-4X as much as traditional AC/Heating anyway. Let's be real, it's just a way for money to be made off cooling each room of your house.

In Australia, it's called 'Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner'. (not a Heat Pump)
And they've been here for decades.
And split system (non ducted) reverse cycle air conditioning (heat pumps) are very common

My central air is a heat pump but still uses refrigerant.

Come on Vox, you guys talk to theworld, not just the USA. You can check that on YT metrics... Since you use a term common to only USA and/or Canada it can make things quite confusing. Even more on this subject, since the person interviewed also state that "heat pump is one of the worse names of all times". I was confused on how this is different to what we call AC... For exemple, here this device is know by "Hot and cold AC". If I call it "heat pump" around here people will understant that this is an AC with only hot mode.

The solution to global warming: more air conditioning.

The nost ironic part of the name is they seem to actually work best for cooling since they are less efficient at freezing temps. They will still work tho.

Sounds like they want everyone to be connected to the grid

“Properly” priced, lol, that’s an unsubtle way of implying that a carbon tax should be imposed on it. That’s not pricing but tax policy, don’t conflate them.

It is funny how no one talks about why we pipe condensed gas to the inside of the home. Instead of cooling down glycol and using a low pressure coil that is far less likely to leak. The high pressure could be contained in the outside unit like a pool heating unit that does this very thing.

A heat pump has a four way reversing valve. Which switches between cooling and heating mode ! R410a the refrigerant we use boils at -47.5c when open to atmosphere. In a heat pump system, the system is sealed so the boiling point is different none the less it’s that boiling of the refrigerant that move heat from one place to the other.
Cold weather heat pumps efficiency drops drastically as the outdoor temp drops. And typically heat pumps have a better seer rating than conventional air conditioners making them cheaper to run electricity wise. Heat pumps are old technology becoming the future of all of our cooling needs . It won’t be long until all air conditioners are replaced with heat pumps

I'm American and never heard anyone call it a "heat pump". Isn't it an AC?

Did he just imply cooling is inexpensive compared to heating? Or burning fossil fuels is inefficient for heating? Does he even know about the electric bills of hot countries? The absurdity boggles my mind. Where do you think that electricity comes from? Heat and Light! They are most basic forms of energy. They are THE MOST EFFICIENT if you can harness them directly.

These don’t work in every climate.

In India. Heat pumps are the only ones you find, as we never had a need for heating over the year. It's called Air conditioners. It costs 300$ a piece for a heatpump for a single room.

Here I am wondering what I'd need to pay for it and turns out I have had it for over 25 years.

It's an air conditioner..

This ain't ever gonna happen unless it endangers the life of rich and influential people. Because they are the ones who have the power to change the laws of society. For example, ozone layer depletion was a crisis that rich and influential people couldn't escape. Look how fast they acted and passed international laws to ban the use of products that depleted it. At the same time, these very same people knew about the influence of using fossil fuels and plastics in the 60s on global warming and the environment yet. We still can't pass laws and implement them.

How does it steer away from fossil fuels if the electricity required comes from fossil fuels?

I don't know how accurate those heat maps are. My part of Australia isn't highlighed and I assure you every house on my street has air conditioners running right now.

I am cooling and heating 200 square meters house for less than 90 EUR/90 USD per month in Bulgaria, where 1 kW of power costs 0.12 USD/EUR.
I am using a heatpump and I still can't believe how cheap it is. It costed 12,000 USD/12,000 EUR, but I mostly pay like 70-80 EUR/USD per month.
If you can, buy it!

Hong Kong is terrible, we use AC when we dont need them, we basically use them all year, yes even during Winter and Spring, Hong Kong winter is basically 25 to 30 degrees its not cold at all

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Wait so is a heat pump a min split..?

Compare with data from 1500 Mediveal Harm Period.
And the Hot Summer of 1920s and 1930s !!!! Below -15ºC outside, heat pumps dont work !!!

You actually mean coolers are heaters of the future

It’s just a air conditioner in reverse

You didn't mention Dr. Willis Carrier, who invented the "modern" air conditioner.

In India it’s just called a split AC and I’ve never heard the word “heat pump”

the future of cooling is more insulation with less co2 production during the production of the insulation. cooling isn't a solution at all.

Solar and wind will never be able to meet the demand now or in the future for our energy needs. But keep building those EV's.

I'm still waiting for part 2, Inverter "Heat Pumps"

In Europe, these are very common in more rural areas. On summer days, they can use up all the excess electricity solar panels are producing and even in the winter, they are still way more effective and climate friendly than other types of heating, especially in countries with a lot of hydro or aeolic power. In cities though, the "coolest" new tech in town is sending a cold coolant through the heating grid and thus providing cooling remotely, especially for commercial and public buildings

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The fact that England apparently doesn't need indoor cooling until 2070... Anyone who just sat through this heatwave knows that it needs it asap

Welcome to the 20th century America, oh wait....... 🙄

By 2022

So how does heat pump cools down?

si you're not going to talk about how polluting theses devices are? the gas used for cooling are amongst the worst...

😕Doesnt a traditional AC unit do the same thing by, drawing in warm air in winter from the outside using no Natural gas. While also cooling in the summer using refrigerants and coolants. Heat pump sounds just like a different term to call an AC unit 😆

I never thought living in satans armpit would leave me with the advantage of having an a/c

Emissions aside, modern gas furnaces are very very efficient

humans give so many problems, the solution to all them is to reduce the poblation. And they know it

From watching this video I realized I've never seen an actual AC, and what I know to be an AC is a heat pump.

What the heck is a heat pump...........I only know about Air conditioner lol

This video doesn't explain at all how heat pumps work...

This is such a bad video that explained nothing about why heat pump is better

My parents had a heat pump in the early 80s. It warms and cool. Moving to the U.S. I was amazed that heat pumps are not the known here. Also, for those with basements, you could pump the cool air from the basement to the upper levels with a simple little fan.

Can you please make a video about the differences between cultures in the way the cool their homes? - Germans for example seem to tend to not have a AC and instead they open their Windows by night