More than 15 million homes say they are worried about being cold this winter, a survey has found

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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

What would you do to improve on the situation? Please be specific

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Offer financials aid to those in need, prioritize it over militarization. Offer tax incentives for switching to heat pumps. Offer tax incentives for renewable energy.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Financial aid and tax incentives are good thoughts however they would need to be carefully costed as very few houses in the UK have heat pumps so this could go into the hundreds of billions of pounds.

    The tories have plundered the state for tax breaks for their mates in the city and Brexit has destroyed trade between the EU and the UK.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Fucking Tories at the bottom of every problem :( I guess I figured the push to militarize could be balanced with aiding the upgrade of heat pumps, I need to remember that the UK is a smaller country than the US and has a smaller pool of tax revenue to pull from. I just hope some kind of solution comes before people freeze to death in the winters.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Its more fundamental than that. The infrastructure is not built for it. Some houses having wiring from the 1800s and would need rewiring and a new switchboard before even considering a heat pump system. Local electricity substations might even need upgrading, conceivably.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Ugh yeah I didn't even think of that, Europe has so many challenges :( I remember getting water radiator heating into my place in Bulgaria, I was still a kid but it was so expensive, took 3 incomes and a lot of saving, that's in the USA where salaries are higher.

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