ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agoHeat pumps are saving Europe billions by lowering gas importswww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1503arrow-down1external-linkHeat pumps are saving Europe billions by lowering gas importswww.euronews.comZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·3 days agoI don’t understand why any of these factors, none of which seems specific for the UK but instead applicable to the entire EU, would make heat pumps more expensive in the UK compared to the EU.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAFAIK they’re really expensive in Germany because of how they’re subsidised.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAka… they’re purposely overpriced because “free government money” brings the price back to what it would be, theoretically. Ain’t capitalism grand?
I don’t understand why any of these factors, none of which seems specific for the UK but instead applicable to the entire EU, would make heat pumps more expensive in the UK compared to the EU.
AFAIK they’re really expensive in Germany because of how they’re subsidised.
Aka… they’re purposely overpriced because “free government money” brings the price back to what it would be, theoretically. Ain’t capitalism grand?