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Definitely. In the UK 1.4M gas boilers are retrofitted each year, the task is to make that 1.4M heat pumps. That's a major task which will not be a...
The responsible manufacturers include defrost time in their system specs and give you the net output. However as you say 11kW sounds about right allo...
The sad thing is that its still happening with heat pumps. I have had in total 10 quotes and 2 full (3 hour) surveys. The two full surveys both esti...
Range and charge speed are both increasing and taking a break after 3 or 4 hours driving is good for safety. The number of charge points is also incr...
Indeed. The transition to EVs is going, in a decade or so, to be an interesting case study. Having test driven several, they are simply better cars,...
That is an argument which has been made before, and will be made again by those who seek to frustrate efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change...
I wouldn't expect price equality, but currently 'green' taxes all fall on electricity whereas electricity, if used to drive a heat pump, is by far the...
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 ...
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