Post AcnUlwt3LqafVmb2BM by jbenjamint@mastodon.scot
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 (DIR) Post #AcnUlw40Pdl0xSiGcC by ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
       2023-12-14T06:38:07Z
       
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       If you know someone who has a #heatpump firm, now may be the time to invest as the UK finally(!) looks ready to move to mandatory clean energy ('net-zero-ready') installation in new builds...But perhaps the most startling issue is the cost of retrofitting the 1.5m homes built since this was first proposed (then delayed, then scrapped) and its likely implementation for 2025!https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/13/uk-government-backs-plan-ban-gas-hydrogen-ready-boilers-newbuilds-2025
       
 (DIR) Post #AcnUlwt3LqafVmb2BM by jbenjamint@mastodon.scot
       2023-12-14T09:50:39Z
       
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       @ChrisMayLA6 It was one of the most infuriating episodes of my career in Scottish local government, the way officials responsible for building new social housing bought into the gas industry propaganda that new developments would be "simply converted to green hydrogen" in a few years. The few social housing tenants we had that had had heat pumps, were telling us they loved them. There was really no excuse for sticking with gas for so long.