Mis-Information Arrrrrgh!

Toodles · 2023-05-30T19:38:24Z

I heard You and Yours on Radio 4 today Tuesday 30 th. June (Call You and Yours: What have you done to make your home more energy efficient?) and I’m afraid that it reflected some of the bias and mis-information we have discussed in renewable heating hub.co.uk. In the last few months. The topics were wide ranging and I found some of them reflecting my own feelings and findings; there was however, a plumber / gas fitter from Bridport Dorset who I felt did the whole subject a great disservice. I think he had a distrust of anything to do with Heat Pumps and felt that the whole subject was hocus pocus! He stated that radiators needed to be at least three times the size as compared to a gas boiler-based system and that gas boilers were over 90% efficient and that Heat Pumps were far less than this. If you have the time and patience to listen on BBC Sounds - please do and then comment here on what you feel about the whole matter; the presenter should (in my opinion anyway) have cut him off earlier as she did other contributors as this sort of mis-information does not help anyone! Regards, Toodles

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06/06/2023 2:35 pm

Ouch! Bit harsh !

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06/06/2023 3:12 pm

Posted by: @heat-pump-newbie

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Ouch! Bit harsh !

Harsh, but true!

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09/06/2023 12:46 pm

I emailed Y&Y (they invited listeners comments) after they covered heat pumps in a broadcast on 1st March this year. I also thought their coverage was weak, but because how unfailingly brilliant they said heat pumps are. I made some points about the poor knowledge of many installers and the detrimental affect this had on achieved efficiency. I also raised the EPC issue of ASHPs being rated worse than gas boilers.

Needless to say I didn't receive any acknowlegement. Their more recent feature didn't indicate they had learnt anything since the earlier broadcast. Sometimes the BBC takes an editorial line on some issues and just keeps plugging them relentlessly, regardless of any contradictory facts that may be pointed out to them. So much of what they do is excellent but they appear to have a blind spot on much of their sustainability/global warming coverage.

Mike

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