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Thanks for the correction, edited. How is gas not 100% efficient, though?
But yeah, heat pumps are definitely more environmentally friendly (unless you're habitually letting the refrigerant out, o guess). The real argument is whether the extra energy is worth it for protein folding (I'd say generally no, but if you don't have a heat pump, might as well).
Burning any fuel isn't 100% efficient, I'm not sure I could explain it well myself but I went out and found a website talking about it that might help
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