pete75 wrote: ↑4 May 2023, 2:36pm
[XAP]Bob wrote: ↑4 May 2023, 1:10pm
That wasn't the accusation being levied. The accusation was that since the lease requires me to qualify for a benefit that I am not paying for it.
No the benefit is paying for it.
No it's not. For one thing the benefit is inanimate and therefore not capable of paying for anything - but also, it's me that's doing the paying in exactly the same way I pay into my pension pot.
pete75 wrote: ↑4 May 2023, 2:36pm
Biospace wrote: ↑4 May 2023, 2:03pm
[XAP]Bob wrote: ↑4 May 2023, 9:22am
It doesn't matter what the source of heat is, you'll lose it just the same.
Well, that's a very interesting point as heat energy is delivered to our bodies in different forms which work in different ways and is 'lost' in different ways. Radiant heat will heat you thoroughly, to the core, much more quickly than by convection, slightly more quickly than conduction. Yes, it all becomes 'lost' eventually, but not in the same way.
The less the need for heat, the more a heat pump makes sense.
Heat pumps work best producing constant steady heat. This type of heat is utilised best in a well insulated building.
No the more need for heat the more sense a heat pump makes, because you're being more efficient with *more* usage.
The time when other sources make sense is when you're heating stuff to over 70 degrees.
All heating systems work best when providing constant heat - gas, coal, wood, heat pump, whatever.
And all heating systems work best in a well insulated building - this is hardly rocket science (and the science is easy, it's the engineering that's hard)