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[–] 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

It improves gdp. Produces more insulation, more heat pumps, and drives government jobs up.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    You're ignoring the GDP effects of constant consumption in the form of gas. GDP is not a measure of quality of life, let alone a good economy. It goes down as you reduce consumption.

    Heat pumps are a one time, up front cost, and their installation & maintenance is minor compared to the massive, 24hour spend on running a fossil economy.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I don't think the cost of energy used for heating/cooling contributes to GDP (or if it does, that's dumb).

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    It does, and it's one of the reasons GDP is a dumb measure for quality of life. One of the primary factors for measuring GDP is consumption, so if as a society you start growing more food locally, sharing childcare among family, or just choose to repair what's broken rather than buy more plastic crap, your GDP craters in the face of all of these.

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