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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.

Assuming you are talking about public health considerations, that surely
has to be a tiny effect

When the coroner in London ruled that the little girl who died a few
months ago was due to pollution, there was quite a local fuss. Of course
transport got the blame since she lived close to a busy main road, but
several different types of sources will have contributed to that pollution.

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.

given that gas is one of the fuels that we use to make electricity, and
making electricity costs money

How much does wind cost?

it's simple economics that supply of manufactured electricity will cost
more than raw gas

That depends on how much the gas costs to find and extract. At one time it
was an unwanted by product of oil extraction. And may well still be
subsidised by that.

It's expecting anything else that is daft





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