Thousands of Lives and Trillions of Dollars Can Be Saved With “Humble” Industrial Heat Pumps

“The solution is the humble heat pump, albeit much larger versions than you’d get for your home. A new report from the American Lung Association finds that replacing 33,500 conventional, combustion-based boilers nationwide with this electric alternative could avoid 77,200 premature deaths, 33 million asthma attacks, and more than 200,000 new asthma cases by 2050. It would also save $1.1 trillion in health costs in that period, and prevent $351 billion in climate damages.” – Installing Heat Pumps in Factories Could Save $1.5 Trillion—and 77,000 Lives – Matt Simon – Mother Jones