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.
What do you mean by deliver; the gov should buy, make, install HP or something else?
>> 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?
From what i've read geo thermal is minimal in the UK there's a few areas, Cornwall and the Peak district but that about it. There's a few places that gain heat from old coal mines (I think near Newcastle) but again minimal on a national scale.
Gov dropped on-shore due to local area objections being mainly Con voters. LD, I think are quietly against them as well to try and pick up any seats in those areas. Not sure Labour have said much about them.
>> Is anything like that being thought through by ANY major party ahead of thr forthcoming
>> GE?
>>
The government brought out an announcement about a new energy plan. Seemed mainly to be about nuclear and off shore wind.
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