Yup which is why they are getting phased out in the medium to long term also.
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When are you going fully electric?
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Imagine if you could store them and take them with you though
Care to substantiate that?
Look out your window
When. They should have been banned by now but that got kicked down the road
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What do I replace my boiler with if gas boilers are banned, a heat pump? A heat pump is too expensive for most and doesn't run hot enough to heat older properties of which there are a lot
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Yea at this moment ther are to expensive.
I would be look forward to this instead of EV.
A Bone-Stock Mazda Miata Completed a 1,000-Mile UK Road Trip Using Synthetic Fuel
The Miata was also able to lap multiple tracks around the UK during the road trip.jalopnik.com
Paddy Lowe (ex F1 engineer) started a company (Zero Petroleum) producing and selling synthetic fuel, currently it costs £2,500 per litre : https://shop.zeropetroleum.com/shop/
Their target by 2027 is to get this down to £3 per litre (+ tax)
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Heatpumps (ASHP):
-> The cost thing is an issue
-> The 'doesn't run hot enough to heat older properties' is a myth - There are plenty of videos on Youtube with real examples showing how and why
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Ufff what a price.
They make electricity cheaper than burning gas does
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I don't agree with the myth part, it's pretty easy to test yourself by dropping the temp of your boiler, I know what temp my boiler will and will not heat my home at because I've tested it.
Heat Geek and Skill Builder have plenty of videos on the subject, a lot of money over and above the cost of a heat pump is needed to be spent on older properties on insulation, altering the design of the property and introducing new problems
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But you can buy it now for £6 which is probably what that MX5 ran…
Else that’s a very expensive road test overlooking a massive issue.
But not reliable enough nor work at night. What’s the cost per MWh versus gas at the moment ?
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Missing out on the benefit of a condensing boiler there I imagine too.
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You are probably thinking of bio fuel. Efuels are extremely expensive right now.
Edit: read the article. It is a bio fuel. It’s contributing carbon to the atmosphere in the same way as burning oil does. I really dislike this greenwashing.
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I think I’m trying to refer to the fuel in the article above?
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Yes it’s a biofuel. Not viable for the future.
Petroleum is a biofuel if you squint hard enough.
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You don't have to squint. It's just a well aged biofuel - a bit like very good whisky
