The city's concrete jungle means it is now considered one of the world's most extreme urban heat islands

Put heat pumps in all of them, problem solved and you cut out gas requirements exponentially, bringing us one step closer to energy independence.

  • ᓚᘏᗢ@piefed.socialEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Put heat pumps in all of them, problem solved

    A lot of the older housing in London has next to no insulation and many places also still have wooden framed single pane sash windows. Without insulation, heat pumps aren’t going to do much but rack up the leccy bill.