By Paul Homewood
From The Telegraph:
At the current pace, it would take 150 years to equip all homes with renewable heating technologies
Heat pump installations are falling short of Ed Miliband’s targets, with just 30,000 fitted to British homes in the past six months – far below an annual goal of 600,000.
On Wednesday, new data from the UK’s main renewables trade body found that households increased the number of heat pumps installed over the past year – but it still remains 90pc below the Government’s target on an annual basis.
Mike Foster, the chief executive of the Energy and Utilities Alliance, a trade body for heating installers, said the main factor supporting heat pump installations was the Boiler Upgrade Scheme subsidy – worth up to £7,500 per home and paid for by taxpayers and energy bill levies.
“It means that we have a Labour Government which should be progressive, taking money from the poor and giving it to the well-off, so they can boast about their green credentials. I don’t believe people voted Labour for this to happen,” he said.
Full story here.
It does not seem to have occurred to this journalist that people simply don’t want to buy the useless things, even with a £7500 hand out.
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