"Federal energy-efficiency regulators and state and city building-code overseers have begun to promote policies aimed at encouraging people to replace their existing central air-conditioning systems with heat pumps.": https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/replacing-acs-with-heat-pumps-a-backdoor-way-to-decarbonize-heating by Jeff St. John
Replacing ACs with heat pumps: A backdoor way to decarbonize heating

The idea has huge emissions-slashing potential, and regulators across the U.S. are starting to take it seriously.

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