Britons heat pump fury could leave Tory’s green plans in tatters

He wrote in an opinion piece for the Daily Telegraph: “In reality, the revolt against the hydrogen village neatly illustrates that when green technologies are rammed down our throats we don’t like it very much.

“Heat pumps? Despite massive subsidies, there is very little demand, possibly because they don’t work very well.”

Heat pumps are a low-carbon alternative to gas boilers which the Government has been trying to roll out on-scale. But as Mr Lynn mentions, public uptake has not gone as hoped.

Average installation costs are around £10,000, but even with the £5,000 Government grant halving this figure, potential buyers are still being put off. In fact, the Government is planning on banning new gas boiler installations from 2035.

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