Hydrogen boiler scheme handed £25m taxpayer cash uses tech that 'is not proven'
The two-year H100 pilot in Methil, Fife, by SGN, was previously hailed by John Swinney as a “shining example” of net zero policy.
A hydrogen boiler scheme handed £25million of taxpayers’ cash has been branded an unviable “policy misstep” after UK ministers admitted the technology is unproven. The two-year H100 pilot in Methil, Fife, by SGN, previously hailed by John Swinney as a “shining example” of net zero policy, has seen 300 homes switch to hydrogen for cooking and heating...
Prof Baxter claimed he was asked to leave when he tried to raise his concerns at a meeting of the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster in 2022. He added: “Hydrogen for home heating was a misstep that should never have progressed beyond early exploration."
Follow the money. Such a useful phrase.
None of the ruling class seems to understand O-level chemistry.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to find out how many MPs have a science degree or other similar background. Some previous research (through AI) suggests that around 10% -14% of previous governments have degrees in STEM subjects.
ReplyDeleteNow while I'm not suggesting that a Government of Nerds would be necessarily better I do wonder at the relatively high number of 'Social Science' degrees - not a surprise for people that take politics seriously but perhaps too much of a good thing?
dearieme - or a number of other subjects - physics, biology, history. They seem to put politics first every time.
ReplyDeleteDJ - so many MPs come across as people who put politics first whatever their qualifications. STEM subjects seem to make some difference, but others seem to be indifferent to anything which isn't in line with political narratives, whatever their qualified colleagues or sceptical outside experts might say.
A political career just seems to attract the wrong kind of people and it isn't obvious that there is much we can do about it.
This will not end well. Hydrogen gas is tricky stuff. Its tiny molecule will leak through anything. It chemically interacts with many things it touches. Every bit of plumbing between the central storage tank and the cooker / boiler burner jets will have to changed.
ReplyDeleteNever mind, money will be made. But not by the taxpayer.
Doonhamer - I wouldn't have it in the house, it was a crazy idea to begin with and it sounds as if they were told so before they even flushed away those millions.
ReplyDeleteSubsidy farmers, all of them.
ReplyDeleteAnd who can blame them? If there’s free money being handed out, of course there will be those who say “I’ll have some of that thank you!”.
The fault lies with the idiots who keep falling for these schemes.
Anon - I agree, the schemes are bound to attract subsidy farmers and they do, we see it every time, have done for years now.
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