Heat pumps are kind of amazing. So why are we not all using them? Turns out it's a bit complicated.

Huge thanks to Michael from @distilled-earth for stepping in for me!

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Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Some stock footage courtesy of Getty.
Edited by Luke Negus.

This video essay examines why heat pumps are so great and why we aren't all using heat pumps. Are heat pumps a climate solution? How do heat pumps work? Why are heat pumps so expensive? Can we all use heat pumps? How have powerful fossil fuel lobbies prevented the wider uptake of heat pumps? All these questions and more are addressed in this video from Michael from the YouTube channel Distilled.

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