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Bytes EuropeGovernment ends decades-old energy source in unprecedented shift: ‘This gives me hope’ <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1000336/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/1000336/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AirPollution</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CleanEnergy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Finland</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GetHealthier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetHealthier</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GoodEnergyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodEnergyNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GoodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Home</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/YahooNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YahooNews</a>

C++ Wage Slave<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@javensbukan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@javensbukan</a>That's amazing! I wish we had anything like that many <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> here.<a href="https://mastodon.world/@BenAveling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BenAveling</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@londondreamtime" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@londondreamtime</a>

knizer<a href="https://toot.boston/@swachter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@swachter</a> <a href="https://better.boston/@itamarst" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@itamarst</a> yup. I recall <a href="https://better.boston/@inliuofjoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@inliuofjoan</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mem_somerville" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mem_somerville</a> talking about <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/heatpumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heatpumps</a> in the past couple years, and r/boston has discussions - and here’s some notes from me; <a href="https://toot.boston/@knizer/113108485898501664" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://toot.boston/@knizer/113108485898501664</a>

Primo Natura"The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear an Evan Davis podcast about heat pumps? - George Monbiot"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/consistently-appeasing-platforming-right-bbc-undermines-own-survival" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/consistently-appeasing-platforming-right-bbc-undermines-own-survival</a>

UK<a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/59176/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/uk/59176/</a> UK Electric Vehicle Push Faces Reality Check <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Britain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonEmissions</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectricVehicles</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#England</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EVInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EVInfrastructure</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GasBoilerBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GasBoilerBan</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentPolicy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatBritain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NetZeroPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetZeroPolicy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthernIreland</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKEconomy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a>

WenHeat pumpsThis really is bananas. <a href="http://archive.today/2025.04.26-231846/https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/how-did-heat-pumps-become-so-politicised-vdf3qjvxr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/2025.04.26-231846/https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/how-did-heat-pumps-become-so-politicised-vdf3qjvxr</a> (archive)Air-source heat pumps, which work a bit like a reverse refrigerator — moving warmth from the outside air inside — are rapidly becoming a toxic topic. Last week they became too divisive for the BBC, when the presenter Evan Davis was forced to cancel his Happy Heat Pump podcast because of the fear, in his words, that he was “steering into areas of public controversy”<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Feart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feart</a>

Primo Natura"Record quarter for UK heat pump installations as subsidies drive growth"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/04/23/record-quarter-for-uk-heat-pump-installations-as-subsidies-drive-growth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/04/23/record-quarter-for-uk-heat-pump-installations-as-subsidies-drive-growth/</a>

शून्यताAlec somehow found a reason to explain <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/heatpumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heatpumps</a> AGAIN, and I am absolutely here for it. (m b) <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/TechnologyConnections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechnologyConnections</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Dehumidifiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dehumidifiers</a>

Michael MagrasDoes anyone out there know anything about heat pumps? We were thinking of having them installed, but a local contractor in Maine told us it would cost us $38,000 to put in a system. I was under the impression that a system would cost $4,000 to $10,000. Am I wrong to think that $38,000 is way too expensive? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Home</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Winter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a>

VictorLearned some neat things from the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/EarthDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EarthDay</a> fair today.1. There's a community <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SolarPower</a> program available in Denver where you effectively split the cost of building a solar farm with other people and you all get a discounted energy bill. It's available even if you have an apartment or rent!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsckjLCdsiw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsckjLCdsiw</a>2. <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HeatPumps</a> aren't just a physics class thing, you can apparently get one in your house and it can do both heating and AC.

Primo Natura"BBC Blocks Evan Davis from Hosting Clean Heating Podcast"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCNews</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a><a href="https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/22/bbc-blocks-evan-davis-from-hosting-clean-heating-podcast/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/22/bbc-blocks-evan-davis-from-hosting-clean-heating-podcast/</a>

Juggling With EggsCan’t believe this thread on Evan Davis/ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> has has now been reposted over 400 times! Overwhelmingly people posting here approve of heat pumps and want to see more of them…that’s great news!So what makes them controversial? Davis himself seems to think it’s their association with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NetZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetZero</a>, of which the timescale has recently been hotly debated in UK.Hear his thoughts on this, on the final episode of Happy Heat Pump Podcast:<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJPKgngqoX0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJPKgngqoX0</a>

C++ Wage Slave<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@alessandro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alessandro</a>That's a bit of a surprise. The ones available here in the UK provide both hot water and heating. I wonder why there's a difference.Our fossil-fuel boiler is due to be replaced by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> next month, so it's encouraging to see people in this thread saying how great they are!<a href="https://mastodon.social/@PaulNickson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PaulNickson</a>

JulesI hate how objective verifiable facts have somehow been swept up in the manufactured <a href="https://social.coop/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CultureWars</a> and become politically controversial. Masks and vaccines prevent infections. 20mph speed limits in Wales reduce road deaths and injuries. <a href="https://social.coop/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> are energy and cost effective. "Woman" is not a strict biological category. These should not be controversial statements because people who believe truth is optional don't like them.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/22/bbc-tells-pm-evan-davis-to-stop-hosting-heat-pump-podcast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/22/bbc-tells-pm-evan-davis-to-stop-hosting-heat-pump-podcast</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/PostTruthSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PostTruthSociety</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈"Heat Pumps?" - Controversial"Racist Politicians 1960s rant against Immigration" - No problem<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43745447" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43745447</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Appeasement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Thebratdragon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Thebratdragon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@JugglingWithEggs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JugglingWithEggs</a> .....and theirs are the only opinions that truly matter to the dear old BBC...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a>

Juggling With Eggs‘An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a>, DeSmog has learned.Over the past two years, the Energy and Utilities Association (EUA) has paid a public affairs firm to generate hundreds of articles and interviews to lobby the UK government on energy policy.’<a href="https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/20/revealed-media-blitz-against-heat-pumps-funded-by-gas-lobby-group/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/20/revealed-media-blitz-against-heat-pumps-funded-by-gas-lobby-group/</a>

C++ Wage Slave<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@LauraleeDukeshire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LauraleeDukeshire</a>Yep. Over here, there's a Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant worth £7,500. We're getting our <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> installed next month, before the government makes another "difficult decision" and axes the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grant</a>, and I'd encourage other Brits to do the same.<a href="https://mstdn.social/@JugglingWithEggs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JugglingWithEggs</a>

Juggling With EggsAlso…‘Globally, 177 million <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> have been installed. China (33%) had the most installations, followed by North America (23%) and Europe (25%). ‘‘Regarding regional market share, Asia Pacific dominated the heat pump market, accounting for 53.1% in 2022. This dominance is attributed to the availability of sizeable skilled labour at low cost’UK is so far behind because of our rabid rightwing media. <a href="https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/heat-pumps/statistics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/heat-pumps/statistics</a>

Juggling With EggsThe <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> might like to note that:‘The global heat pump market size was estimated at £59.68 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.3% from 2023 to 2030.’‘<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatPumps</a> have a coefficient of performance (COP) of around four, making them 3-5 times more energy efficient than gas boilers.’‘In Europe, heat pump sales grew by nearly 40% in 2022, with air-to-water models seeing a jump of almost 50%.’

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