silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agoHydrogen boiler push to continue despite verdict of UK watchdogwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkHydrogen boiler push to continue despite verdict of UK watchdogwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·8 months agoI’ll use gas until they switch it off. The astronomical price of heat pumps isn’t something that should be put on the average homeowner, when a gas boiler is less than a grand.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoA lot of countries have subsidized the switch, causing it to make economic sense for people to make the jump. At one point, Italy was paying 110% of the cost
minus-squareTschuuuls@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoPanasonic makes ones for ~4k€. Also ac units are heatpumps, if your house pipe work isn’t up to the task.
I’ll use gas until they switch it off.
The astronomical price of heat pumps isn’t something that should be put on the average homeowner, when a gas boiler is less than a grand.
A lot of countries have subsidized the switch, causing it to make economic sense for people to make the jump. At one point, Italy was paying 110% of the cost
Panasonic makes ones for ~4k€. Also ac units are heatpumps, if your house pipe work isn’t up to the task.