I believe, in terms of work, that would be 0% efficient. You're basically going all-in on entropy.
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I mean, if going all in on entropy is the goal, then space heaters are 100% efficient. If what you're trying to do is heat a room, they're also 100% efficient at turning electricity from the wall into heat energy in the room, but heat pumps are far better at that
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