On 18/05/2021 16:10, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Fredxx wrote:
On 18/05/2021 13:41, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57149059

yup

banning gas boilers only makes any sense when 100% of UK electricity
production is carbon free

It can make sense to reduce local pollution.

It depends on what you mean by pollution? There are places where NOx
emissions are significant from NG boilers. Perhaps ban them from cities? :-)

Any NOx generation may be regarded as significant. The amount a boiler
generates can also depend on its age and condition.

The newer ones are worse. Old boilers with an excess of air had a colder
flame and produced less NOx.

until it is, simply transferring gas use to additional electric use is
just daft

What is daft is charging a higher price per kilowatt of electricity than
gas.

Why when generating electricity creates more CO2?

Well, electricity can do most things where energy is needed. Gas not so -
unless that nice Mr Bayliss also invented a gas radio.

Yes it can do more things but at a cost, such as producing more CO2. I
thought we wanted to decrease CO2 production, not advocate an increase.