My parents had two mini splits in their house and they worked well, but their electric bill skyrocketed.
Outside of solar... I think more or less you’re just picking which energy source you want to spend your money on.
We have a 500 gallon buried propane tank that is responsible for heat only. When we bought the house last year we filled it for $1000 and to this point, have only used 10% of the tank since turning the heat on last month.
I’m not sure we’ll make it through the entire winter... but based on what I was paying for natural gas in my smaller condo... this will be cheaper and more efficient, at least personally.
Propane also burn pretty clean compared to oil, etc.