I can earnestly assure you that my 88-yo father does no live in a “scandi-noir cum villa”. He lives in a 1950s wooden bungalow. And he has a heat pump. And, shock, a mixer tap. Get into the 21st cent… (View Post)

Pathetic defences of hot and cold taps on here. No wonder British shop stewards were so uniquely destructive in the 60s and 70s. (View Post)

What’s 1% of carbon emissions got to do with anything. NZ represents a tiny fraction of that, and it’s mass movement to heat pumps has almost nothing to do with the “green agenda”. Anyway, on your in… (View Post)

I fear it’s as simple as this. Brits are cheap-asses. (View Post)

Heat pumps are used in around 50% of NZ homes (climate, not so different from the UK’s), and more so in the colder regions. (View Post)