Sales are growing so quickly that some installers wonder whether heat pumps could even wipe out the demand for new air conditioners in a few years and put a significant dent in the number of natural gas furnaces.

Every time the carbon tax goes up, the gap between electric and natural gas closes.

But heat pumps are much more efficient than electric heating and a much cheaper source of heat.

Unless you’re in Saskatchewan, where both utilities increase because we burn natural gas and coal for power.

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