On 28/09/2019 22:00, Steve Walker wrote:
On 28/09/2019 20:21, RJH wrote:
On 28/09/2019 18:18, Steve Walker wrote:
On 28/09/2019 16:28, harry wrote:

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Gas boilers will be no longer for sale.

So what will happen to existing housing, that is not well insulated
and cannot easily be so, when the existing boiler fails?

IIUC, it'll be new build only - can't see a source for the OP's story.

It is new build at the moment, but as the market shrinks, manufacturers
will stop making gas boilers, even if governments don't ban them
completely - look how quickly 4* and then LRP disappeared, leaving
people with older, maybe classic vehicles having to use unsuitable
unleaded petrol.

Yes - but that's on a different scale and level of seriousness. 21m
households rely on gas for heat, cooking and hot water. Maybe a couple
of 1000 motorists affected? Most of whom could convert to standard fuel
if they needed to keep the vehicle that badly.

I'd think spares will be available for many years after a total ban on
new installations. Which is itself many years off (if at all).

The most likely sign of phasing in will be hiking of tax rates for
domestic gas. Cost will be *the* key driver of change IMHO.

Only if it can be shown beyond reasonable doubt that you/yours are
affected by gas consumption will the motivation shift and cost start to
become less important - bit like smoking.


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Cheers, Rob