Crazy fact:

Even if you just installed a new gas boiler ripping it out and replacing it with a heat pump makes sense from a carbon perspective.

Carbon emissions associated with manufacturing the boiler and the heat pump are offset in less than 2 years.

After that the heat pump will save carbon year on year.

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Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps - Carbon Brief

Heat pumps are an alternative to gas boilers and wood stoves for indoor heating. They...

Carbon Brief (www.carbonbrief.org)

This is a great illustration of what the new energy order looks like:

️ large to small
️ centralised to decentralised
️ large grids to microgrids
️ one-directional to bi-directional
️ passive consumers to active prosumers

Of course this is simplified and highly stylised but it shows the direction of travel.