> I totally understand doing this once we've phased out burning natural gas for electricity
I've been thinking about this in Europe. How to wean oneself off of gas.
The big wins are electric generation, and those can be done within a reasonable timeframe by states with largely unilateral decision making.
But the long tail... Domestic use of gas. That's hard.
How does one ask an entire populace to rid themselves off of gas hobs, gas heated water, gas heated radiators?
It takes time, maybe with concerted effort in only one generation could it be achieved.
Weirdly it makes sense to start banning things on the long tail and seed the idea that this all comes to an end and early adopters need to be on electricity already.
As ridiculous a drop in the ocean of banning a BBQ grill... That long tail has to be addressed.
I'd love to see a ban on all gas combi boilers and gas hobs in the UK as soon as 5 years time. I'm more surprised this isn't seen as an opportunity to innovate in this space and open multiple new markets and leaps in what can be done with electricity.
I've been thinking about this in Europe. How to wean oneself off of gas.
The big wins are electric generation, and those can be done within a reasonable timeframe by states with largely unilateral decision making.
But the long tail... Domestic use of gas. That's hard.
How does one ask an entire populace to rid themselves off of gas hobs, gas heated water, gas heated radiators?
It takes time, maybe with concerted effort in only one generation could it be achieved.
Weirdly it makes sense to start banning things on the long tail and seed the idea that this all comes to an end and early adopters need to be on electricity already.
As ridiculous a drop in the ocean of banning a BBQ grill... That long tail has to be addressed.
I'd love to see a ban on all gas combi boilers and gas hobs in the UK as soon as 5 years time. I'm more surprised this isn't seen as an opportunity to innovate in this space and open multiple new markets and leaps in what can be done with electricity.