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It's no longer a function of our government to deal with anything concerning us. That is our duty, as David Cameron's "Big Society" announcement made clear. Now government just warns and advises us of impending problems, then leaves us to deal with them voluntarily.

So rather than the NHS making us better when we get ill, we now have to eat more healthily, exercise much more and not get ill in the first place. But if we do get a bit ill, dont bother the GP or A & E, instead ask the pharmacist (chemist) for advice on how to deal with it oneself. There's no excuse for not knowing this since we all saw the message loud and clear during Covid with the signs saying "Save the NHS". If ever anything was arse-about-face that was it, saying we should save the organisation tasked with saving us from the misfortune of illness.

Same with potholes. Local government paints a circle around them so we can see them and swerve in time to avoid them, or choose another route in future.

Worcester's propensity for being a nuisance with flooding is dealt with similarly by this website:


So Worcesterites must keep an eye out for increased risk and if necessary stock up with supplies and move downstairs furniture upstairs.

It's no use asking our government for action that costs money, they have wars to finance, royalty to support, tradition and ceremony to sustain.
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Interesting, but that's not what happened with Covid, where the Government introduced restrictions on behaviour and other measures. Also, they're regulating behaviour in relation to climate change by introducing mandates on use of ICE vehicles - first 2030, then put back to 2035. Likewise, we won't be able to install gas boilers after 2035. None of that will save Worcester from flooding.
 

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Likewise, we won't be able to install gas boilers after 2035.
I recently installed a small heat pump at my house in France. It's definitely cheaper to run compared to gas or electric and can still be improved further. I can't see why we keep burning gas.
 

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I recently installed a small heat pump at my house in France. It's definitely cheaper to run compared to gas or electric and can still be improved further. I can't see why we keep burning gas.
because it is cheaper than electric and if a heat pump was put in to our prefab home it would quadruple the electric bill to 3.5k.

spoke to plenty of ppl that install these things and all say there no good for this country and be cheaper to knock our hose down lol.

new build up the road was sold until they fitted heat pumps and pulled out because the council ordered them to get fitted pmsl.

a 12kw heat pump will cost a fortune to run and make a right noise esp if every house has one so best get some bass bins blasting.

funny how all this green crap costs 5x more than what we use now and will be taxed for it as well its all bs for control and profit.
 

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I recently installed a small heat pump at my house in France.
Heatpumps are useless for very cold days in the UK when you need them most and they're hopelessly expensive for what they are. You'd be better off using the electricity in an electric heater. Also, many installers are insufficiently trained in how to install them. They're best avoided at the moment.

I can't see why we keep burning gas.
Where do you think UK electricity comes from? Wouldn't it be better to burn the gas to heat your house rather than burn it to make electricity (losses), transmit the electricity to your house (losses), use the elctricity to run pumps (losses) to work a system that can't give you enough heat on a cold day?
 
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I thought that an intelligent guy like you would have learnt not to trust the BBC by now, especially David Attenborough. Who do you want to believe, the BBC or proper scientific research?
antarctic ice mass and extent are different things
 

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because it is cheaper than electric and if a heat pump was put in to our prefab home it would quadruple the electric bill to 3.5k.

spoke to plenty of ppl that install these things and all say there no good for this country and be cheaper to knock our hose down lol.

new build up the road was sold until they fitted heat pumps and pulled out because the council ordered them to get fitted pmsl.

a 12kw heat pump will cost a fortune to run and make a right noise esp if every house has one so best get some bass bins blasting.

funny how all this green crap costs 5x more than what we use now and will be taxed for it as well its all bs for control and profit.
Customers are charged a lot because the pumps they sell must be fitted by certified refrigerant gaz fitter. I paid less than 500 Euros for my 4.5kw pump. It's an air to water system and has a simple heat exchanger for the hot water, no need to be fitted and service by certified fitters. The key thing is you must have enough pipes underfloor so that the temperature of hot water is still under 30 degrees C in the worst condition. It performs well even when the ground in the garden is frozen.
 
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antarctic ice mass and extent are different things
Again, whatever NASA says doesn't tie up with proper scienticic research. They, and other government institutions have been running scare stories about polar ice caps melting for decades. Here are 10 of them for you to study:
  1. 2008: Al Gore Predicts Ice-Free Arctic by 2013
  2. 2009: Prince Charles Says we Have 96 Months to Save World
  3. 2009: Al Gore Moves 2013 Prediction of Ice-Free Arctic to 2014
  4. 2013: Arctic Ice-Free by 2015 (additional link)
  5. 2000: Snowfalls Are Now a Thing of the Past
  6. 1989: UN Warns That Entire Nations Wiped Off the Face of the Earth by 2000 From Global Warming
  7. 1988: Maldive Islands will Be Underwater by 2018
  8. 1970: Ice Age By 2000
  9. 1974: Space Satellites Show New Ice Age Coming Fast
  10. 2000: Children Won’t Know what Snow Is
 
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  1. 2008: Al Gore Predicts Ice-Free Arctic by 2013
  2. 2009: Prince Charles Says we Have 96 Months to Save World
  3. 2009: Al Gore Moves 2013 Prediction of Ice-Free Arctic to 2014
  4. 2013: Arctic Ice-Free by 2015 (additional link)
  5. 2000: Snowfalls Are Now a Thing of the Past
  6. 1989: UN Warns That Entire Nations Wiped Off the Face of the Earth by 2000 From Global Warming
  7. 1988: Maldive Islands will Be Underwater by 2018 (they’re not)
  8. 1970: Ice Age By 2000
  9. 1974: Space Satellites Show New Ice Age Coming Fast
  10. 2000: Children Won’t Know what Snow Is
They are unrealistic predictions. You won't catch me citing any of them.
Modelling on computers is just educated guesswork:

Timothy Palmer, professor of climate physics at the University of Oxford. “We know the equations.” But we don’t know how to solve them. The many factors that affect the climate interact with one another and give rise to interconnected feedback cycles. The mathematics is so complex, the only way scientists know to handle it is by feeding the problem into computers, which then approximately solve the equations.
 
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it cost more to fix it thats why :D
 

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3.3.7 Loft Space – Party Wall (a) The risk of fire and/or smoke to spread across the party wall should be eliminated. The risk of fire is generally quite small, but when a fire occurs the consequences can be serious. We recommend that where the risk of spread is higher, ie where large gaps around purlins and at ridge level are identified, remedial works should be undertaken immediately. Stroud District Council should adopt a policy of inspecting for this defect at all changes of tenancy, and carrying out works to seal any gaps at that time. Whenever works are undertaken to a property there should be an inspection and remedial work undertaken if necessary.

the twats put me inverter on it :rolleyes:
 

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it cost more to fix it thats why :D
Sauter is a well respected brand in France. In my experience, unless you can look after your appliances yourself, buying from Leroy Merlin is a pretty safe bet.
 

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I thought that an intelligent guy like you would have learnt not to trust the BBC by now, especially David Attenborough. Who do you want to believe, the BBC or proper scientific research?
Attenborough was primarily speaking of Arctic polar ice, which your above link confirms is very real. I trust that, and I also trust the Inuits who live there and are no longer able to hunt the sea ice as effectively as they've done for many past centuries. Polar Bears are similarly affected, unable to catch seals and starving, they are desperately roaming further south in huge numbers is search of food around human habitats. One such female bear was caught a previously unheard of 250 miles inland, further real proof of the regression of Arctic polar ice.
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3.3.7 Loft Space – Party Wall (a) The risk of fire and/or smoke to spread across the party wall should be eliminated. The risk of fire is generally quite small, but when a fire occurs the consequences can be serious. We recommend that where the risk of spread is higher, ie where large gaps around purlins and at ridge level are identified, remedial works should be undertaken immediately. Stroud District Council should adopt a policy of inspecting for this defect at all changes of tenancy, and carrying out works to seal any gaps at that time. Whenever works are undertaken to a property there should be an inspection and remedial work undertaken if necessary.

the twats put me inverter on it :rolleyes:
Can you improve their installation yourself?
 

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Can you improve their installation yourself?
no part of the roof has to come off rang them today need all this crap done b4 i buy it but will have to brick it up n with that report can smash the price down and 50% off with right to buy
 

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Interesting, but that's not what happened with Covid, where the Government introduced restrictions on behaviour and other measures.
Actually it is what happened, as your sentence confirms. They shifted the burden onto us to deal with Covid with those restrictions. Queuing with two metre gaps, exercising in restricted local areas, having to go to all sorts of inconvenient places to get tests and jabs, while all they did for us was the questionable value of the "vaccines".

And the other measures were all about forcing us by threats into being an obedient society in the Big model they want us to be.
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They are unrealistic predictions. You won't catch me citing any of them.
Modelling on computers is just educated guesswork:

Timothy Palmer, professor of climate physics at the University of Oxford. “We know the equations.” But we don’t know how to solve them. The many factors that affect the climate interact with one another and give rise to interconnected feedback cycles. The mathematics is so complex, the only way scientists know to handle it is by feeding the problem into computers, which then approximately solve the equations.
The problem is that it's all being used for politics and other agendas. What I do is stand back and use logic:
Have I seen any change in my lifetime? - no.
Have any of the previous predictions come true? - no.
Will anything affect me in my lifetime? - nothing in the climate will, but the politics and other agendas, yes!
 
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