Re:Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in Engla...
by ZeroGravitas on Friday May 02, 2025 @04:04AM
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This was a good idea when introduced by Gordon Brown in 2006 (for implementation in 2016).
And it was still a good idea when the Conservatives short sightedly scrapped it in 2015 along with other "green crap" that would have saved the country Billions.
And it's still a good idea now.
People claiming in comments here that it costs 100K for a heat pump in a brand new house suggest this has entered the culture war insanity stage where facts no longer matter.
The regulations for new houses have been slowly updated but as with anything the tug of war on policy helps no one and long term planning would have been better.
And it was still a good idea when the Conservatives short sightedly scrapped it in 2015 along with other "green crap" that would have saved the country Billions.
And it's still a good idea now.
People claiming in comments here that it costs 100K for a heat pump in a brand new house suggest this has entered the culture war insanity stage where facts no longer matter.
The regulations for new houses have been slowly updated but as with anything the tug of war on policy helps no one and long term planning would have been better.