fak3h ago
Jules she/her

Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjw7klkjm2o

Turns out all it took to get the government to take the need for decarbonisation seriously was a maniac with dementia in charge of the most powerful nation of Earth starting a ridiculous war, who knew?

#UKpol

Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive

Solar panels that can be plugged in at home could be available to buy in supermarkets in the coming months.

BBC News
7:22amWeb
Show threadDoug Belshaw3h ago
@afewbugs Well, that and the Green party surging in the polls...
Show threadHeatherMJ3h ago
@afewbugs Why wait until 2028?
Show threadSimon Johnson3h ago
@HeatherMJ @afewbugs because they’ve been got at by their donors in the house building industry. Yes, they’re serious about climate collapse - but only up to a point: we can’t go upsetting the businesses that fund the party now, can we
Show threadMarjorieR23m ago
@Simon318ppm @HeatherMJ @afewbugs probably the developers lobbying, but the other problem is that they need to build up installer capacity, but why invest in training installers when the government keep postponing when the requirement will start?
And we still have no date for when installing both new and replacement gas boilers will stop.
Noting they are busy stranding assets by digging up all my local roads to replace the existing gas mains.
Show threadHeliograph3h ago
@afewbugs life is miraculous and crazy like that ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯
Show threadGreg Harvey 🌍2h ago
@afewbugs FINALLY! This should've happened 10 years ago.
Show threadRay Miller2h ago
@afewbugs meanwhile here in England: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/24/ministers-delay-new-rules-for-low-carbon-housing-in-england
Ministers delay new rules for low-carbon housing in England

Homes built from March 2028 will produce 75% less greenhouse gas emissions than those built according to existing 2013 standards

The Guardian
Show threadgeekylou1h ago
@afewbugs I really want plug in solar to be a thing as a few panels on our shed would take a big chunk out of our power consumption.
Show threadRonan21m ago

@afewbugs meanwhile the Tories

"On Tuesday, the Conservatives said policy should be focused on securing domestic energy supply to lower consumer bills, calling on the government to issue licences for new oil and gas fields in the North Sea and to scrap green subsidies.

Speaking on R4 Today programme, the Energy Minister Michael Shanks said he did not accept that drilling more in the North Sea was the answer to lowering energy bills."