Being a Florida native, seeing an article titled "Heat Pumps [are] the Future of A/Cs" feels like it should have a ` [1973]` tacked on to the end of it. A heat pump is pretty much the only thing we use here, we just use them in reverse. Literally. Most residential units have a "reversing valve" that must be held open by a constant 24V in order to cool the air - the default mode is heating -- which is so smart to have a failure mode that causes your house to be heated in the summer to 95F while you sleep.

Anyway, my heat pump just stopped working this weekend, and its getting very hot in here.