Replaced oil furnace /baseboards with 2 carrier heat pumps and a Mitsubishi mini split for outbuilding cottage. The Carriers use the AC ducts which were easy but probably not optimal since they are set high in rooms where heat should be lower.

Total price for 3500 square feet was about $30k after incentives. The installers screwed some stuff up and had to return twice but when working they do just fine. We left the oil there for backup and we use it when temps go below zero. The remaining oil in our tank may last forever. The heat pumps work below zero but aren’t as efficient and basically go toward the price of resistance heating.

Overall happy and would do it again. I would have opted for removing the oil but was a little skeptical.

Have Carrier Infinities (2) They seem to keep up all the way down to -15 and beyond. But we're also cheating a bit by throwing in a woodstove

just in time for -25 degree weather. might make it to the end of the driveway lol.

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Just kidding, that thing looks amazing

and Insurance is cheaper if registered in VT

Sad to hear this but glad it is being addressed. Vermont is better than this

Depending what your house uses for power and what car/truck you use, you can often buy a 1-2kw inverter for your 12V and keep the important things going (oil heat, lights, internet, refrigerator, etc.)

You won't be able to use things like electric heat/cooking, dryer, etc but those things can usually wait for power to come back on.

You will need to idle your car while it is on, but efficiency, cost, noise and smell-wise it is far superior to buying a separate unit.

Even better if you have a hybrid or EV.

plaid jammies. Checks out.

As long as a more deadly variant doesn't emerge, I think society is content to live with Covid with the remedies we have the same way we live with Influenza

For electric options:

Tesla Model Y AWD

VW ID.4 AWD

Subaru Solterra

Kia EV6 AWD

Ford Mustang Mach-E AWD

Chevy Bolt EUV FWD

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