Four reasons why fully electric homes can be affordable and efficient

Pasha Smith/Shutterstock Across Europe, running a home – whether you need to keep it cool in the summer or heat it during winter – usually means burning imported gas. That wastes energy and creates carbon emissions, contributing to climate change. The European Commission’s new electrification action plan aims to end that era, mapping out a drive to double electricity’s energy share from 23% to 46% by 2040. “I have always looked forward to the day that our energy system is based on electrons,…