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Human nature I'm afraid. To be honest I'm not sure its at all easy to design a subsidy scheme that wont somehow be abused. It probably doesn't help ...
@derek-m It wasn't actually my suggestion, others put this forward. I must say I'm inclined to agree with you, they are cheap enough that they don't ...
Of the four suggestions for regulatory change that came out of this forum only one (number 3) related to government subsidy, so your comment applies ...
I have read them thanks, and similar comments elsewhere, my comment was sarchastic, apologies for not making that clear. I also have experience of ...
As it happens I agree with you on this, it was suggested by another on this forum and there is an argument for. However, like you, I fear that there ...
@transparent If you do provide the link note that the topic begins on another tack (mostly to trigger discussion, partially because there might be som...
@transparent In another thread the following set of measures emerged (with a fair level of agreement) to open up the market and release MCS from its s...
I thought MCS was supposed to ensure that the industry has high standards, or at least that's what people keep telling me. Am I wrong or is it failin...
@batalto well that's scuppered the explanation I had in mind for why heat pumps are more efficient at low temperature than at high temperature, and wh...
Picture of a bottom discharge hopper wagon courtesy of Peco
Its not a bad analogy However the coal is offloaded at the radiators through the bottom of the truck, so the amount offloaded (deltaT) depends on...
Surely its more likely that @cathoderay adjusted his wc curve with the PHE in place, so the settings already take account of its effect. Of course, a...
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