While I applaud your attempt to bring this subject in to the JC domain, I must question the accuracy of your data. As an example, you’ve almost totally discounted Ground Sourced heat pumps because of the area of garden they need to install the underground pipes.
The favoured method in this country is to use a bore hole whereby the pipes are vertically installed in the ground, not the horizontal way in which you describe, A borehole installation takes up far less footprint and is less affected by seasonal changes.
As for your preference for biomass heating: well, if i had a choice in changing from my gas fired boiler to a green solution, I would choose a ground sourced heat pump everytime because the heat source is totally free and totally green and doesn’t rely on so called ‘sustainable’ biomass fuel sources (trees etc). The only energy needed as in all cases is the electricity to pump the system. The installation cost of all of these green systems is another matter and that is where I believe the Government should be driving industry to bring affordable systems to market if it is to meet it’s climate change targets.
You are right about more efficient radiators. In fact increases in efficiency are needed in the whole thermal supply chain and particularly when it comes to better insulation of our houses, new and old.
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I note 3 supporters of this post to date. Thank you.
During a normal forum one chat session, one of my chat colleagues voiced their objection to my post. They have a right to do that of course but when I asked why they refused to be vaccinated, the reason given by the chatter was advice from ‘medical experts’. I enquired (several times) as to who these medical experts were and unfortunately no names were offered.
The effect that conspiracy theorists, self-proclaimed medical experts and general do-badders (some of which are sadly in the medical field) have on the wider population is extremely concerning but that is a bi-product of society being more connected than ever before. Most peeps are able to see through the fog of doubt and weigh the opposite risks but a significant minority are taken in by this propaganda and consequently the in-action of that minority impacts the majority. Perhaps the minority should be regarded as casualties of the situation instead of labeling them as ignorant. They would do well however to question the ‘medical advice’ that they are given by a cult who’s motives are totally anti-social.
As a point of information, Roe v Wade was a landmark case in American legal history that protected a woman’s abortion rights since 1973 and recently this precedent was seen as being threatened due to the trump appointments of the right wing justices to the Supreme Court and who basically did not prevent the latest Texas abortion bill.
Abortion, rape, human rights, it’s all f ucking politics.
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