Sustainababble

#274: THE END So long, and thanks for all the fish. sustainababble.fish/?p=1664

See what happens when we go away?

Should we?

RIP. tulsaworld.com/news/local/for…

Nothing says I don't have time to mow a lawn like:

@davehrdng Sort of a bit

@thebabblewagon There is no way in which that counts as 'right'

Only 9 years since Ol predicted Ed Miliband would be prime minister, he is sort of a bit right. He may not be fast but he gets some of the way there in the end.

@phil_nash Set dave to work with a spanner - should be working now.

@thebabblewagon the website and podcast feed seems to be down (I was still working through back episodes) - is that deliberate?

@scottishphil83 @thomasforth Broadly agree with you (I have one - small terraced house; borrowed ££ to fund the install) but prices are falling v fast. Now some energy companies (octopus, BG) are offering installs at v low costs once the BUS grant (£7.5k) taken into account. Some as little as £1k.

I'm proper fascinated by how the general vibes around heatpumps in Britain became so negative (at worst) or indifferent (at best). I am hugely sceptical of the top answer I've been given (right wing media bias and an anti-expert society) by most people I've asked about it.

@rickymidlands @scottishphil83 @thomasforth Surprisingly hard to get answers to some of these fairly basic questions. @_heatgeek have excellent written and youtube explainers of most of it, worth checking them out.

@thebabblewagon @scottishphil83 @thomasforth Ok cool! Something I need to Google! 👍🏻

@rickymidlands @scottishphil83 @thomasforth They don't produce instant hot water in the same way a combi boiler does, correct. That's why heat pump installs include a hot water cylinder if you don't have one already. The effect is the same though - hot water comes out of the taps / showers when you turn them on.

@scottishphil83 @thomasforth Is it also true they can't do instant hot water? For doing the dishes, showers, cleaning, etc?

@per_hansen @ACJSissons Hi! I have installed a heat pump in my traditional 1900s house and the house is toastier than it was with gas and I have plenty of really hot water.

@ACJSissons I have yet to hear of a single person who has installed a heat pump in their traditional 1930s house saying the house is still as toasty as with gas and they still have plenty of really hot water. All I see are people complaining about how cold their house is now!

This is a good question. Why have heat pumps become a bit of a contentious topic in the UK? I'm late to it, but wanted to have a proper go at answering it... 🧵

@paullewismoney Hi Paul, I have a heat pump and have had my gas meter removed and the supply capped. Octopus removed the meter for free after I transferred to them from Bulb, who wanted to charge me £350 for the privilege.

Heat pumps: People who have had a heat pump installed - does that mean you no longer need gas? If so have you had the gas meter removed and what did it cost? If not are you still paying the standing charge for the meter? DM me (I will follow u if needed) or tweet. Many thanks.

"Too often, drivers feel under attack" - Rishi Sunak

@kitty_donaldson @TimesRadio No more striking than when Osborne said it 12 years ago theguardian.com/environment/20…

Striking phrase from Home Secretary Suella Braverman to @TimesRadio on the net zero row "We are not going to save the planet by bankrupting British people," she says

In which Dave interviews a much funnier version of himself.

First, this form of climate denial is nothing new. Any @thebabblewagon listeners out there will instantly recognise the name James Inhofe, US senator famous for “proving” climate change isn’t real by presenting a snowball to the senate in 2015 🙄youtu.be/UXtG8GrW6EQ

After just listening to Hugos’s @sascampaigns brilliant interview (again) with @thebabblewagon . This makes me so sad….

Gawd bless yer sainted majesty, @CarolineLucas, and thanks for being so mega. Here’s a reminder of our chat from a few years ago. sustainababble.fish/?p=783