>> I regularly see people saying the money would be much more effective, and cheaper per
>> property, if it were spent on more insulation for homes rather than heat pumps. I
>> suppose that doesn't achieve the shift away from gas though.
Surely we need a national integrated scheme for domestic property. It should deliver heat pumps (or whatever other tech might crop up), insulation and solar as well as modifcations to or, in extremis, replacement of truly poor quality hosing in terms of damp etc.
In parallel we should have been moving more to onshore wind, both local and large scale, for electricity. What scope is there for district heating in some parts? Geo thermal heat?
It should have commenced years ago, probably before even the Con/Lib coalition was in office, starting with mandating what exactly new builds were required to have. No doubt the house builders would have kicked up the most god awful stink but frankly they need us more than we need them.
Is anything like that being thought through by ANY major party ahead of thr forthcoming GE?
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