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Plan to replace gas boilers with heat pumps should be reviewed, says Gove (www.theguardian.com)

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Levelling up secretary calls for scrutiny of green policy but says ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars is ‘immovable’

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[+] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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But that is the fuel, not the motor. The motor has almost no moving parts, a petrol motor has lots more and is generally a complex and over engineered solution to move a drive train by comparison. What you are saying is that petrol doesn’t go off, it does and that it’s a preferable fuel - it just isn’t by any measure. Repair and maintenance of electric motors is far easier and cheaper, and motors last a lot longer.