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Doubts about EVs
K2-K6:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on April 11, 2023, 02:02:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sesman on April 11, 2023, 01:47:57 PM ---Good god…just like petrol cars😁
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That supposes they can't make petrol cars run on alternative fuels, which they could well do.
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That's the thinking in research "drop in" compatability with advancing knowledge within ICE architecture.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
EV's it's like HMG pushing us into diesel engines a couple of decades ago only on a much bigger scale.
Heat Pumps - another nightmare for the future when they ban gas boilers.
Oddjob:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on April 11, 2023, 03:39:38 PM ---EV's it's like HMG pushing us into diesel engines a couple of decades ago only on a much bigger scale.
Heat Pumps - another nightmare for the future when they ban gas boilers.
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I was thinking of installing a heat pump to run my storage radiators, no gas in my house at all.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on April 11, 2023, 05:15:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on April 11, 2023, 03:39:38 PM ---EV's it's like HMG pushing us into diesel engines a couple of decades ago only on a much bigger scale.
Heat Pumps - another nightmare for the future when they ban gas boilers.
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I was thinking of installing a heat pump to run my storage radiators, no gas in my house at all.
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Heat pumps work really well in the summer - in the winter when the temperature drops below a certain level (20 to 40 F)you are effectively heating with electricity so not cheap to run unless you have your own solar power & battery storage. They cannot heat normal hot water either. You need really good insulation - something like the equivalent of 6" of Kingspan on all your internal walls plus triple glazing. A porch at the main entry & exit is also handy so you enter effectively via an air lock system - otherwise leaving your front door open for 5 minutes in the winter will take several hours for the temperature to return to pre-door opening levels due to the low temperature gradient between radiators & room.
sye:
That's partially true of air source heat pumps but not ground source.
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