New Non Gas BoilerS will cost you more, but Greta Wills It
A New Non Gas Boiler Will Cost You More, But Greta Wills It
So, now that the Covid “Pandemic” fear is easing off a bit, at least for now, we can expect a whole lot of new fears about global warming, or as we now have to call it, “climate change” to come to the fore in the controlled press. But Little Greta wills it and powerful voices above government have decreed it must come to pass, so it will now happen. And it is going to cost you.
So, where are we with this?
A ban on new gas boilers was initially proposed for 2025, but after concerns were raised about the up front costs to households, the government is mulling a delay. Crikey, the government listening, whatever next!
To help meet carbon emission targets, 600,000 heat pumps are to be installed by 2028 – well that was the idea anyway. Hydrogen boilers are also under consideration, but until the scientists can find a way of making them safer and less likely to blow up, (which is never a good outcome in someone’s home), these are still off the table for now.
There are two sorts of heat pumps available. Air source heat pumps pull heat from the air and increase the temperature using a compressor, which is used to heat radiators and water. Ground source heat pumps draw heat from pipes under the ground. They are supposed to be more efficient than the air pumps, which would seem to make sense, given that our climate is not especially warm.
Are Heat Pumps Really More Efficient Than Traditional Oil or Gas Boilers?
Heat pumps are powered by electricity, which is more expensive per KWH than oil and gas, but they are supposed to be more efficient than traditional boilers, or so says the Energy Saving Trust.
But much depends on the system used, the installation process and the nature of the home itself.
As an old cynic, I note the Energy Saving Trust often seems to like to compare the efficiency of these air and heat pumps with the worst rated gas boilers, those rated a “G”, not the more efficient newer boilers – which seems disingenuous to me.
So is there anything else should we be concerned about?
Well we know that poorly insulated and draughty homes lower the efficiency of the heat pump, which both raises running costs and actually increases carbon emissions.
Installation is not cheap either – a typical installation is currently in the range of £14,000 – and there is a major shortage of contractors that can do the work. (Maybe this is a good thing to get trained in for young people considering a trade!)
There is an incentive scheme from the government, called The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive , which is a grant to help reduce overall outlay. Mmm! My experience of past government schemes has been poor – grants were hard to get, the process of getting them tortuous, often they were not available to my tenants anyway and even if they were, they were not a good deal.
I will watch this with interest – and so should you.
Readers might like to check out my blog posts from 2018 and 2010, (link to the main tag at the end of this piece), which showed that the claims made for the energy efficiency of new gas boilers in the past was greatly exaggerated by the industry.
Like the Volkswagen emissions scandal, it took years for the realty to come to light (when someone actually bothered to check the data and do their own tests).
Energy Saving Trust Schmucks and Boilers
All the time, the schmucks in the EU, the government and the hapless Energy Saving Trust had spent years gobbling up the nonsense leading boiler makers had been peddling.
So forgive me if I remain a sceptic about these new air pumps.
But I do not doubt that they will come to pass anyway as the new Green Agenda is a big part of the so called “Great Reset” and the convenient “ever so nice fig leaf” to go along with the new Digital Society in which our every move will be controlled and monitored.
Finally, it is worth saying that even with the best, most expensive heat pump in the world and more cladding on your home that Vera and Jack Duckworth had in “Coronation Street” , the reality is that many terrace houses will never achieve the other ludicrous green target, that of an EPC rating of C. I have written about that here: Energy Performance Certificates of C for Let properties by 2025 – Letting Focus
Links to previous blog posts about boilers is here: Boilers – Letting Focus
All our other articles on the Covid Lunacy:
Follow the Current Thing Please – Letting Focus
25th October 2023
The Failures of the Left and Centre, the Supposedly Educated and the Media – Letting Focus
21st June 2023
26th April 2023
The Coming Digital Prison and what you can do to try to Prevent it Happening – Letting Focus
22nd December 2022
12th October 2022
Digital control, surveillance and the new normal – what will happen next – Letting Focus
6th May 2022
Just How Did They Get Away With Telling All Those Covid Lies – Letting Focus
16th February 2022
The Great Reset and the coming banking crash – Letting Focus
3rd January 2022
MORE covid cult TRUTH….AND SOME nonsense – Letting Focus
15th September 2021
Nationalisation and confiscation of private rented property – Letting Focus
2nd September 2021
New Non Gas BoilerS will cost you more, but Greta Wills It – Letting Focus
7th August 2021
The Covid Lies and who is behind them and what they want – Letting Focus
7th July 2021
Counterblast to Covid and Lockdown zealots – Letting Focus
10th December 2020
Coronavirus covid 19 Our View – Letting Focus
1st April 2020
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