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No. They caved, as they always do, and the cons took advantage of it, as they always do.
When do we learn that the only thing we do not tolerate is the intolerant? stop doing things they suggest until you know how they're going to throw it in your face
They're been pushed here fairly heavily but anyone I talk to in the field says that given our weather conditions that don't really provide a good ROI. In milder weather they may save a bit but they're also more expensive to purchase and install.
Seem to work in Sweden pretty well, ground source heat pumps will absolutely work in - 30 c ambient temps, modern air source can apparently work pretty effectively into that temp range. Yes you have a backup heatsource to go with the heat pumps, but it's kinda baffling to me that they aren't more popular, especially in the southern parts of the country.
Grabbing a years of monthly averages for a city I've worked out of a lot in the winter Grande Prairie , 2006 because I wanted to see monthly numbers, mean minimums for the entire winter were well within that operating range, yeah there are extreme min temperatures beyond - 30 but that's not every day for quite a few people, heat pumps can, and absolutely do, work in cold environments