but heat pumps aren’t replacingresistive heating. The vast majority of german houses are heated by oil or gas furnaces. I have lived here for 30+ years and have only ever been in 2 Houses heated by resistive heat. I just looked it up and the percentage was just 5.9% in 1998 and fell to 2.5% in 2025, while the percentage for heat pumps grew from 0.2% to 4.5% in that time. Last year 67.9% of new flats were equipped eith heat pumps. That combined with the imcrease in electric vehicle use should cause an increase in electricity used, and it’s weird that it doesn’t.
but heat pumps aren’t replacingresistive heating. The vast majority of german houses are heated by oil or gas furnaces. I have lived here for 30+ years and have only ever been in 2 Houses heated by resistive heat. I just looked it up and the percentage was just 5.9% in 1998 and fell to 2.5% in 2025, while the percentage for heat pumps grew from 0.2% to 4.5% in that time. Last year 67.9% of new flats were equipped eith heat pumps. That combined with the imcrease in electric vehicle use should cause an increase in electricity used, and it’s weird that it doesn’t.