Edward_Thompson

ICAX Ltd: heat transfer, district heating, heat pumps, clean energy, clean air

[Edward_Thompson @Edward_Thompson]

@AngelaRayner You say, "Labour exists to make working people better off."
But, the huge increase in employers' NHI, particularly at the starting level, means that businesses cannot afford to employ young people. This has been devastating for youth unemployment - and a disaster for the UK.

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@VJDexplores @Gerashchenko_en It affects everyone, including Sunak, if the President of the US goes rogue. That's why he is worried: we all need to be worried. It will also seriously affect the US adversely in the longer term.

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@BusinessGreen UK newspapers may be spreading 'widespread misinformation' about electric cars - because the oil companies want to sell more fossil fuel.

Same as the misinformation about heat pumps - because the oil companies want to sell more gas.

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@adamvaughan_uk @EnergyUKcomms Yes, EUK mentions "artificially high" electricity price. Reason: tax on unit electricity is 20x unit tax on gas.
Low running cost is key to 28% EV sales in UK. UK charges high tax on motor fuel. It needs to switch energy taxes to gas to save carbon emissions from heating.

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@MikeHudema @antonioguterres The UK Gov is promoting the climate crisis by encouraging the burning of fossil fuels for heating.
It would be cheaper for us to use heat pumps instead if the Gov removed the huge climate levies tax on electricity.

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@JamesMelville The biggest threat to climate change is burning fossil fuels for heating which 90% of UK households do.
None of this is necessary.
Using heat pumps instead would be cheaper if the Gov removed the huge "climate levies" on electricity.

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@lucy9760 Scots were a key and proud part of the successes of the British Empire.
We need forward looking Scots to continue to lead in the UK.

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@niccruzpatane Also, new installations of house heating systems are nearly all heat pumps in Norway.

Norway is not cooking the planet.

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@mattwridley The UK electricity price has rocketed because the Government levies "policy costs" on unit price of electricity at 20 times the rate on gas.

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@RealTexasRick @ZackPolanski @TheGreenParty Have you seen the recent floods in Spain, Italy, Pakistan, China, Brazil, Indonesia and India?
Have you missed the recent abnormal heatwaves in Europe, Turkey? and the frequent wildfires?
Time to adjust if we want to see a good life for our grandchildren. Time to use heat pumps.

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@ZackPolanski @TheGreenParty If the UK Government switched its climate levies from electricity to gas then it would achieve its heat pump target sales by 2028 and achieve the same tax revenue.

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@ZackPolanski @TheGreenParty Third runway is bad for the climate crisis. But we can't fly planes without burning fuel.
Most UK buildings burn gas for heating - cos the Government levies policy costs on unit price of electricity at 20 times the rate of gas. However, heat pumps burn no fuel. Change needed now.

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Cheaper heating would be available for the UK as a whole by using more heat pumps. However, it is currently NOT cheaper for individuals - due to the high levies on electricity!

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Cheaper heating would be available for the UK as a whole by using more heat pumps.
However, it is NOT cheaper for individuals due to the high levies on electricity!

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CCC says: "Removing electricity policy costs — levied on the unit price of electricity at 20 times the rate of gas — would reduce annual electricity bills by £190 for a typical household with a gas boiler and by £490 for a typical household with a heat pump."

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@IreneDeutsch1 @JamesMelville Milliband's carbon capture machine not only costs £20 billion, but will fail (like all the many previous attempted tests of CCS). The only thing the oil companies have captured with this ruse is his imagination.

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@NorthBritannia @JamesMelville The green agenda is important, but no sane government would spend £22bn on Carbon Capture and Storage which has failed everywhere it has been tried. The UK should stop burning gas for heating. Use heat pumps instead. If in a black hole - stop digging!

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@JamesMelville And the good news is it doesn't cost the UK taxpayers £20bn!

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@JamesMelville The climate crisis is very real. But wasting £22bn on "Carbon capture and storage" is not the answer. The answer is to stop burning fossil fuels for heating - we can use heat pumps instead.