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Never mind the EVCPs, what about the boilers.

Chris Pearson
Apparently gas boilers should be banned from 2025.


At the moment, well under 10% of our energy is supplied by electricity: it is mostly gas. Use of an electric vehicle could double our leccy consumption, which would be bad enough; but (a) trebling the cost of our energy would be painful, and (b) how would the network and generation cope?
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    I belive the UK government is only planning on banning new gas installs for the time being.  The UK housing stock isn't really ready for wholesale conversion to heat pumps without first spending a lot of money on insulation.  So far, the governments initiatives to insulate housing better have been shambolic and largely unsuccessful.


    Switching to an electric car could well double the electricity usage of a household, but that doesn't mean it applies to the country as a whole.  Driving an electric vehicle to work won't suddenly double the electricity consumption of the office or factory you're working at.

    (According to OVO energy, the typical electricity usage of a house is around 3 to 4 MWh a year, depending on the size of the house.  Driving an electric vehicle 10000 miles would take perhaps 3.3MWh, assuming 3 miles per kWh)
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    I belive the UK government is only planning on banning new gas installs for the time being.  The UK housing stock isn't really ready for wholesale conversion to heat pumps without first spending a lot of money on insulation.  So far, the governments initiatives to insulate housing better have been shambolic and largely unsuccessful.


    Switching to an electric car could well double the electricity usage of a household, but that doesn't mean it applies to the country as a whole.  Driving an electric vehicle to work won't suddenly double the electricity consumption of the office or factory you're working at.

    (According to OVO energy, the typical electricity usage of a house is around 3 to 4 MWh a year, depending on the size of the house.  Driving an electric vehicle 10000 miles would take perhaps 3.3MWh, assuming 3 miles per kWh)
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