How to live without heating - save £000s

Scot_39 · 18 October at 9:59PM

You dont have to shut off the natural gas network to stop GCH boiler installations.

The Scottish Greens had some pretty aggressive times scales in mind - whilst in power share - and not just for new builds.

2028 for private landlords - 2033 for some owner occupiers - as anyone moving home in the interim - was to be subject to a 2 to 5 year window to de-carbonise after moving in.

The public reaction was not a positive one. To the detailed cost implications directly or indirectly in terms of the taxes needed to fund the proportion of the total estimated £31bn - for just 5.5 million - 8% of the UK population in Scotland - which would have to be part funded by state (public buildings, council homes etc)

Bute House agreement no longer exists largely as a result of that public reaction being reflected by members - not leaders - members - at SNP conferences. And the next big decisions - conveniently pushed to you guessed it 2026 - after the next Holyrood devolved assembly elections.

So those thinking the current green strategy under EM's 95% By 2030 DESNZ has support - should look at the political reality of whats happened in Scotland - once such figures become clearer to the electorate.

As SNP have since largely back peddled on just about all such green party led targets / proposals for domestic bar the 2045 backstop and during Bute House that was ministerial led aggressive proposals - for domestic de-carbonisation.