Comment Re: USD17k, for just a heat pump? (Score 1) 132
I was primarily responding to the often repeated yet totally false assertion that heat pumps aren't good for cold climate usage or are much more expensive up front. As I noted, neither are true for new construction these days.
Operating cost comparisons vary VERY widely, as you note, but in MOST areas heat pumps are basically cost neutral with natural gas. That isn't true with particularly high electric rates and low natural gas rates.
And if you don't have natural gas, I'd be hard pressed to name any areas that heat pumps won't be significantly cheaper to operate compared to other fossil fuel options you might have.