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<blockquote data-quote="Foxhollow" data-source="post: 6360062" data-attributes="member: 520"><p>I accept there is an issue and that we as a developed nation and a historical legacy of pollution we have to have a strategy for going forward. However the target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is in my eyes unobtainable. We have 30 years in which to totally refurbish the current housing stock to suit the new way we will have to heat our homes. If I read the press statement correctly there will be no more internal combustion engines which will include finding value for money solutions to take all ICE cars, van lorries off the road, replace every ship. What about planes if we say zero emissions surely that includes jet engines. </p><p>When it is individuals who will have to pay I do not believe it is achievable. Just look at todays housing market the majority of people have minimum equity in their houses and are mortgaged up to the hilt and then we will ask them to put in a new heating system and all the associated works that will go with that.</p><p>Reading the document made me laugh when it said that the way for reducing the use of natural gas as a heating medium for house will be to use hydrogen. So in a 30 year period they want all homes to have been transferred to hydrogen when this technology has not been proven in terms of cost, safety in the home and ability to manufacture hydrogen in a zero emission way. I really do not think these policy makers have truly grasped how long it takes to develop, design, build and put into commercial production any large scale project and that is even without the planning aspects across the entire country.</p><p>Just look at the broadband rollout we still cannot cover the country with superfast broadband and that has a viable business case and is "only putting into place additional poles and wires" across the country. We still cannot develop a power generating strategy and implementation programme taking into account todays technology and current demands never mind future demands in 30 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Foxhollow, post: 6360062, member: 520"] I accept there is an issue and that we as a developed nation and a historical legacy of pollution we have to have a strategy for going forward. However the target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is in my eyes unobtainable. We have 30 years in which to totally refurbish the current housing stock to suit the new way we will have to heat our homes. If I read the press statement correctly there will be no more internal combustion engines which will include finding value for money solutions to take all ICE cars, van lorries off the road, replace every ship. What about planes if we say zero emissions surely that includes jet engines. When it is individuals who will have to pay I do not believe it is achievable. Just look at todays housing market the majority of people have minimum equity in their houses and are mortgaged up to the hilt and then we will ask them to put in a new heating system and all the associated works that will go with that. Reading the document made me laugh when it said that the way for reducing the use of natural gas as a heating medium for house will be to use hydrogen. So in a 30 year period they want all homes to have been transferred to hydrogen when this technology has not been proven in terms of cost, safety in the home and ability to manufacture hydrogen in a zero emission way. I really do not think these policy makers have truly grasped how long it takes to develop, design, build and put into commercial production any large scale project and that is even without the planning aspects across the entire country. Just look at the broadband rollout we still cannot cover the country with superfast broadband and that has a viable business case and is "only putting into place additional poles and wires" across the country. We still cannot develop a power generating strategy and implementation programme taking into account todays technology and current demands never mind future demands in 30 years. [/QUOTE]
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