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Post by Red Rackham on Nov 28, 2023 13:01:02 GMT
Households warned they may face fine if they refuse to replace gas boilers with heat pumps under new proposalHomeowners who refuse to replace their gas boilers with heat pumps on environmental grounds could face financial penalties, according to new proposals in Scotland. Scottish residents could be taxed using council tax and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) – the Scottish equivalent to stamp duty – to “promote behavioural change”. However, Douglas Lumsden, the Scottish Conservative shadow net zero secretary, told the Sunday Herald: “This smacks of total desperation by the SNP-Green government. “After ditching previous plans – such as making it illegal to sell your house if it had a boiler – as unrealistic and unaffordable, they’re now peddling this equally daft scheme.” www.gbnews.com/money/heat-pump-replace-gas-boiler-fineThis is a classic example of a virtue signalling authoritarian autocratic left wing government.
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 28, 2023 13:10:29 GMT
Households warned they may face fine if they refuse to replace gas boilers with heat pumps under new proposalHomeowners who refuse to replace their gas boilers with heat pumps on environmental grounds could face financial penalties, according to new proposals in Scotland. Scottish residents could be taxed using council tax and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) – the Scottish equivalent to stamp duty – to “promote behavioural change”. However, Douglas Lumsden, the Scottish Conservative shadow net zero secretary, told the Sunday Herald: “This smacks of total desperation by the SNP-Green government. “After ditching previous plans – such as making it illegal to sell your house if it had a boiler – as unrealistic and unaffordable, they’re now peddling this equally daft scheme.” www.gbnews.com/money/heat-pump-replace-gas-boiler-fineThis is a classic example of a virtue signalling authoritarian autocratic left wing government. Only the other day I was hearing of a home owner who paid about 15 grand for the full business green heat pump and accessories to convert from gas to leccy. He said he got the money back in five years on bill savings. It was cheaper than gas. So why the fuck force people if it is cheaper now anyway? |
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Post by Red Rackham on Nov 28, 2023 13:24:01 GMT
Households warned they may face fine if they refuse to replace gas boilers with heat pumps under new proposalHomeowners who refuse to replace their gas boilers with heat pumps on environmental grounds could face financial penalties, according to new proposals in Scotland. Scottish residents could be taxed using council tax and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) – the Scottish equivalent to stamp duty – to “promote behavioural change”. However, Douglas Lumsden, the Scottish Conservative shadow net zero secretary, told the Sunday Herald: “This smacks of total desperation by the SNP-Green government. “After ditching previous plans – such as making it illegal to sell your house if it had a boiler – as unrealistic and unaffordable, they’re now peddling this equally daft scheme.” www.gbnews.com/money/heat-pump-replace-gas-boiler-fineThis is a classic example of a virtue signalling authoritarian autocratic left wing government. Only the other day I was hearing of a home owner who paid about 15 grand for the full business green heat pump and accessories to convert from gas to leccy. He said he got the money back in five years on bill savings. It was cheaper than gas. So why the fuck force people if it is cheaper now anyway? BvL, quite clearly for the vast majority of people not just in Scotland but across the UK, heat pumps are not a cheap or efficient option which is why left wing politicians insist coercion must be used to "promote behavioural change". |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 28, 2023 13:29:46 GMT
Only the other day I was hearing of a home owner who paid about 15 grand for the full business green heat pump and accessories to convert from gas to leccy. He said he got the money back in five years on bill savings. It was cheaper than gas. So why the fuck force people if it is cheaper now anyway? BvL, quite clearly for the vast majority of people not just in Scotland but across the UK, heat pumps are not a cheap or efficient option which is why left wing politicians insist coercion must be used to "promote behavioural change". Scotland is now a socialist paradise. My grandfather was Scottish and he was never a socialist. The Scotsman would traditionally have a good sense of fair play and were quite friendly. The Scottish woman on the other hand would be in the kitchen baking scones. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Nov 28, 2023 13:40:47 GMT
BvL, quite clearly for the vast majority of people not just in Scotland but across the UK, heat pumps are not a cheap or efficient option which is why left wing politicians insist coercion must be used to "promote behavioural change". Scotland is now a socialist paradise. My grandfather was Scottish and he was never a socialist. The Scotsman would traditionally have a good sense of fair play and were quite friendly. The Scottish woman on the other hand would be in the kitchen baking scones. You say Scotland is a socialist paradise, but is it? I tend to think not. Thanks to the ongoing Sturgeon debacle and the unpopular Humza McYousaf who wants to fill Scotland with Palestinian refugees and force people to buy heat pumps, some comentators are asking is this the end for the left wing socialist autocratic SNP. I suppose time will tell. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Nov 28, 2023 13:58:44 GMT
Scotland is now a socialist paradise. My grandfather was Scottish and he was never a socialist. The Scotsman would traditionally have a good sense of fair play and were quite friendly. The Scottish woman on the other hand would be in the kitchen baking scones. You say Scotland is a socialist paradise, but is it? I tend to think not. Thanks to the ongoing Sturgeon debacle and the unpopular Humza McYousaf who wants to fill Scotland with Palestinian refugees and force people to buy heat pumps, some comentators are asking is this the end for the left wing socialist autocratic SNP. I suppose time will tell. You might be right. Here is a little story I picked up the other day about a town in Scotland. There were a few homes in the town where residents clubbed together to provide an altogether different type of heating for the occupants.
By the way, you'll like this chap. He's an old Oxonian and a good researcher.
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Post by Red Rackham on Nov 28, 2023 14:03:30 GMT
Must dash, my detractors will be thrilled to know, I'll be back.  |
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