#ClimateDiary We are in intense #Heatpump vs new boiler discussions in our household at the moment, and it is quite something how geopolitics and radiators (and other practicalities like: will the humming be loud?) all swirl through my head at once.

(Our house is old, terraced and high ceilings - it looks like it’s not impossible but challenging. Costs come into it too, of course. Also worried on this front: might geopolitics mean i will not earn any money next few years?)

@pvonhellermannn
I got my heatpump because of the Ukraine war. Well, I was wanting one anyway but that made it a lot more obvious how bad oil was for everything and that made me finally do it. I'm in an old terrace too which leaks like crazy. So it isn't cheap to heat but the HP has no problem capacity wise.

@krnlg @pvonhellermannn

Ukraine, Putin, Iran, Trump...

I'm very happy to be on British renewables :-)

Cheaper and less bloody

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/reaching-net-zero-by-2050-cheaper-for-uk-than-one-fossil-fuel-crisis

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’

Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

The Guardian