RJH wrote:
On 28/09/2019 16:15, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 28/09/2019 15:41, Bill Wright wrote:
On 28/09/2019 13:30, harry wrote:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...-Johnson-green


How will it be enforced? You build a house and have a gas cooker
installed. You don't install a boiler. When the planners etc have all
****ed off you install a gas boiler.

Building control, Not planners.


What will the approved alternatives be? Surely not oil! Electric will
be far too expensive.

Basically the greenies are trying to take us back to the stone age.

Yes. The idea is 'renewable' electricity, heat pumps and batteries.


It's also only applicable to new builds, which in turn will be insulated
properly. District heating maybe, too.

And hopefully people will insulate themselves and heat their homes with
a little more thought.

Its totally insane


Well, it'll simply not happen unless the government supports it
financially.


Where will these new builds be built?

The tree huggers object to green field land being used. The supply of
brown field land is limit. Due to mass immigration the demand for housing
has rocketed. Ditto the demands on services such as schools, hospitals etc
which need land, not to mention water, energy, transport, .....