Why Don’t Americans Understand Our Climate Laws?

Winter is coming! If you are looking to replace or upgrade your heating equipment, you should probably get a heat pump. Heat pumps are incredibly efficient and, most importantly, they’re electric, which means that they can operate without fossil fuels. Replacing as many gas and oil furnaces as possible with heat pumps should be a key part of the country’s — and the world’s — climate strategy. The good news is that, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the government will give you a sweet tax rebate if you install a heat pump in your home. The bad news is that nobody really understands how this works, as encapsulated in this excerpt from a recent New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/business/energy-environment/heat-pumps-biden-tax-credits-rebates.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">article</a>: <a href="https://medium.com/the-new-climate/why-dont-americans-understand-our-climate-laws-147698ae771e">Website</a>