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Heat pump as a money trap; the real issue is building regs (www.getsurrey.co.uk)

submitted 1 day ago by Morys@lemmy.ml to c/energy

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I totally feel for this guy. But the real crime here is successive governments that have completely failed in holding the housebuilders to account with tougher specs for new build houses.

Why the hell a 2020 newbuild house needs any space heating at all is beyond me. Should just be passive, with electric heater for the shower.

The big picture is that we are shipping great wealth to fuel-producing countries because politicians are too lazy or corrupt to insist on modern building methods and standards that are properly enforced.

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[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This reads like a load of bullshit

[–] Emperor 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't blocked the Tory press from my newsfeed and it is a constant drizzle of negative stories about EVs, heat pumps and green energy in general (onshore wind turbines and pylons in particular), so I can see why the general public hasn't embraced it. This article has a similar whiff to it.

[–] GreatAlbatross 3 points 1 day ago

Pleasingly, most of the comments are people saying theirs if fine. For a change!

[–] huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

It sounds like the house isn't insulated.