Carbon Monoxide Cooling Electricity Fossil Fuels 
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Eight percent of those deaths were attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Without electricity or heat, some people apparently turned to portable generators, which can fill a home with carbon monoxide exhaust. In 2021, Winter Storm Uri killed at least 246 Texans.
Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 30, 2024
We should do everything we can to reduce the effects of global warming and that means burning less fossil fuels, which includes burning less gas. Heat pumps run on electricity and do not emit any greenhouse gasses so using one will be part of your contribution to reducing the effects of climate change.
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