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Why One Strike on Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Undermines Every Heat Pump and Solar Array in Britain

 
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30/03/2026 4:11 pm  

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I have to admit, the longer this Iranian saga drags on, the more I struggle with it. As I grow older, these situations irk me more and more. My patience for arrogance, ignorance, flexing, bullying, gold-plated White House ballrooms and the casual disregard for the human cost of big decisions is getting noticeably shorter. It genuinely gives me anxiety.

What astounds me most (and I know it shouldn't) is that the decisions and actions of one man can inflict this much damage on billions of people around the world.

What hits me hardest is how heavily this penalises the very people who have been trying to do the right thing. Tens of thousands of us here in the UK have spent our own hard-earned money on solar arrays, heat pumps, batteries and insulation precisely to reduce our reliance on volatile fossil fuels and protect ourselves from exactly these kinds of global shocks. Now those careful, responsible steps are being undermined in real time. Even with renewables on the roof, the knock-on effects (higher wholesale electricity prices, inflated grid charges and the wider cost-of-living squeeze) mean the financial payback stretches out and the sense of security we thought we’d built evaporates. It feels profoundly unfair that those trying to act responsibly are being penalised so heavily by events far beyond their control. I've spent the weekend (again) thinking how we can limit the impact on our household and our finances.

I feel your frustration and anger.

I try to lessen those feelings of anxiety by looking at how much we would now be paying for oil had we not ripped out the oil boiler and replaced it with an ASHP. Our bills are low instead of currently being sky high, and we are as well placed as we can possibly be to remain being resilient to future shocks. I realise everyone is not as fortunate as ourselves and that is immediately apparent talking to my neighbours who are still dependant on heating oil and their petrol & diesel cars.

 

 


Samsung 12kW gen6 ASHP with 50L volumiser and all new large radiators. 7.2kWp solar (south facing), Tesla PW3 (13.5kW)
Solar generation completely offsets ASHP usage annually. We no longer burn ~1600L of kerosene annually.


   
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