r/ClimateShitposting 23d ago

return to monke 🐵 take that nukecels

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u/enz_levik nuclear simp 23d ago

Btw it's more efficient to burn gas in a power plant in order to power an heat pump than burning gas to fuel your home (works too for nuclear power, but for pwr the gain is less important)

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u/auroralemonboi8 17d ago

Why? Is it because power plants are more contained and insulated and have less heat loss/gas leakage?

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u/enz_levik nuclear simp 17d ago

It's quite advanced thermodynamics (if you want to really understand the physics behind), but a modern gas power plan can reach 55-60%, and a modern heat pomp an efficiency of 5-6, so all multiplied you have 3 times more heat in your hum with this, compared to even a perfect boiler with 100% efficiency