Gas boilers in new homes will be banned as soon as next year and they will be required to have heat pumps and solar panels under plans being spearheaded by Ed Miliband and Angela Rayner.
Mr and Mrs Watts installed a heat pump in 2008. But it's now approaching the end of its life and the replacement cost is £17k, £10k more than they paid for the original. It's a salutary lesson, says Sallust.
Ed Miliband, the climate hero, believes that he can convince the Chinese to follow in his Net Zero footsteps. And that is not even the most absurd thing about his expedition to Beijing, says Ben Pile.
An Australian energy safety regulator has switched off five solar farms due to concerns over bushfire risks caused by uncontrolled vegetation. And with China's domination of the market that's not the only worry.
Solar farms are an ecological disaster. Birds frequently fly into them, mistaking them for water, while electrocution and incineration are common. But you won't hear about this in the mainstream media, says Chris Morrison.
Ed Miliband has been accused of breaking the Ministerial Code after his department approved an application for a solar farm owned by the millionaire Labour donor Dale Vince.
Storm Darragh has ravaged Anglesey's Porth Wen solar farm, tearing hundreds of panels from their mounts, shredding turbine blades and leaving a cleanup effort that will stretch well into 2025.
While the West surrenders its energy security on the altar of Net Zero, China secures 80% of the world's solar market with its coal-fired economy. This is craziness, says Sallust, and Australia is waking up.
Britain will ban new coal mines as part of Ed Miliband’s drive to hit Net Zero carbon emission, while China continues to power its economy – and make our wind turbines and solar panels – mainly with coal.
In Germany, taxpayers are being charged billions of euros when the sun shines under contracts that commit the Government to paying solar energy producers the difference between a generous fixed tariff and the market rate.
