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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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    District heating would help significantly, but someone has to invest in digging up streets for pipework, etc., again this is easier for new-builds. I happen to live in a UK city with a (small) heat network, but they are rare here compared to other countries.


    Currently (2pm Friday) we are generating 13.6 GW of electricity (41% of current demand) in thermal power stations which implies we are dumping around 35 GW of heat into rivers, various areas of shallow sea, and cooling towers. That is heat that could be delivered to buildings in towns and cities near those plants.
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    District heating would help significantly, but someone has to invest in digging up streets for pipework, etc., again this is easier for new-builds. I happen to live in a UK city with a (small) heat network, but they are rare here compared to other countries.


    Currently (2pm Friday) we are generating 13.6 GW of electricity (41% of current demand) in thermal power stations which implies we are dumping around 35 GW of heat into rivers, various areas of shallow sea, and cooling towers. That is heat that could be delivered to buildings in towns and cities near those plants.
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