Re:UK to put nuclear power at heart of net zero emissions st...
by heurisko on Sunday October 17, 2021 @02:39PM
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> Yeah, so your argument assumes that retrofitting radiators with heat pumps is the only way to install
It's not an argument, I'm just relaying what heat pump installers need to change in order for the pumps to work.
The system also needs to provide hot water.
> The reality is that we don't have time to wait on unproven technologies like hydrogen boilers
They're not unproven, 20pc hydrogen ready boilers are being sold today.
> Despite what you say, heat pumps are working at scale today around the world and individuals can go buy them now and successfully heat and cool their homes.
That some people have used heat pumps to successfully heat their homes was never disputed.
They're just not the panacea they are made out to be for UK housing.
The reality is that we don't have time to wait on unproven technologies like hydrogen boilers (which gas boiler companies are using to try to delay their inevitable demise). We don't have time to wait on an non-existing hydrogen infrastructure. Despite what you say, heat pumps are working at scale today around the world and individuals can go buy them now and successfully heat and cool their homes.
But hey, I'm not a fundamentalist — whatever works! We need all solutions very fast in order to mitigate damage. If part of that is hydrogen then great! It just seems unlikely to scale at the required rate.