#insulation
Apply for support from the Great British Insulation Scheme - GOV.UK
You may be able to get free or cheaper #insulation to reduce your home’s #energy bills.
You might get support if your home:
* has an energy performance certificate (EPC) of D to G
* is in Council Tax bands A-D in England or A-E in Scotland or Wales
You may be able to get support to install:
* cavity wall insulation
* solid wall insulation (internal or external)
* loft insulation
* flat or pitched roof insulation
* underfloor insulation
* solid floor insulation
* park home insulation
* room-in-roof insulation
Climate action is the best way to defeat Putin
According to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), the quickest way to reduce our dependence on Russian gas is not by ramping up drilling of North Sea gas fields, but by rolling out electric heat-pumps and home insulation.
Heat-pumps provide heating for homes and water for much cheaper than gas boilers, by using electricity.
The ECIU’s conservative analysis shows that the 4% of gas demand Britain gets from Russia could be wiped out in just five years by installing heat-pumps and proper insulation in 6.5 million homes. Heat-pumps are now already cheaper to operate than gas boilers – so they would not only get rid of gas dependence, but make heating homes far cheaper.
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/09/09/how-is-energy-transformation-key-to-defeating-vladimir-putin/
#Putin #Ukraine #Russia #war #UK #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #HeatPumps #insulation #GlobalHeating #FossilFuels
Why weren’t these problems obvious to the Maya kings, who could surely see their forests vanishing and their hills becoming eroded? Part of the reason was that the kings were able to insulate themselves from problems afflicting the rest of society. By extracting wealth from commoners, they could remain well fed while everyone else was slowly starving. What’s more, the kings were occupied with their own power struggles. They had to concentrate on fighting one another and keeping up their images through ostentatious displays of wealth. By insulating themselves in the short run from the problems of society, the elite merely bought themselves the privilege of being among the last to starve.
Jared Diamond (b. 1937) American geographer, historian, ornithologist, author
“The Ends of the World as We Know Them,” New York Times (1 Jan 2005)
#quote #quotation #civilization #collapse #crisis #elite #insulation #mutuality #oligarchy #society #wealthy
More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/diamond-jared/53689/
A blueprint for disaster in any society is when the elite are capable of insulating themselves.
Jared Diamond (b. 1937) American geographer, historian, ornithologist, author
“Choosing Success,” interview by Catherine Sepp, National Review (30 Jun 2005)
#quote #quotation #consequences #disaster #elite #insulation #motivation #wealthy
More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/diamond-jared/53586/
#Britain’s #leaky #homes make the #EnergyCrisis worse. Why have #governments not fixed them? | Max Wakefield | The Guardian
In many of the homes I've seen, #insulation is only an afterthought.