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    9 months ago

    The new system set to launch in April would force big boiler companies to ensure heat pumps account for 4 per cent of their total boiler unit sales, or be penalised £3,000 for every item by which they fall short.

    sounds like something from the Politburo

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        9 months ago

        Planning economic output, without consideration of efficient markets, sounds like a Soviet five year plan

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            9 months ago

            I’m an American living in the heartland. How many is that in Fahrenheit? That is, do Tories like government control of economic output/means of production?

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                9 months ago

                Well that might explain why this Mr. Tory Sunak is dropping this policy. Traditionally, the right-wing are fervent anti-communists

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                  It’sore that they proposed it and then dropped it because it didn’t have the grift in it for them. Communists not involved.

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      Plus the boiler manufacturers were just upping their costs to cover the fines.

      A combi boiler has a lot of convenience, it’s cheap, and it’s cheap to run.

      I’m sure a great pump is great in a property designed for it, but retrofitting one is not viable for most.