Please Support the Boiler Scrappage Scheme
I know it's not particularly kitchen related ... but boilers are often situated in kitchens ... and it seems like such a good idea.
Visit the Reheat Britain website to read all about it. Basically the idea is that a Boiler Scrappage Scheme - to help people replace their old, inefficient boilers - makes even more sense than the car scrappage scheme that was recently introduced.
Providing financial help for people to install new, energy efficient, boilers would result in ... reduced fuel bills for the householder ... extra work for small plumbing firms and plumbers ... more business for UK manufacturing companies (most boilers are apparently made in this country) ... perhaps even create jobs and training opportunities ... and would also reduce our energy consumption and CO2 emissions, helping to tackle climate change.
Seems like a great idea. Might be worth considering for a few kitchen appliances too ... like old washing machines which can't use lower temperatures.
Anyway ... if you go the Reheat Britain web site ... there's more information about Mick Williams (who set it up) and a link to the government petition. I've just been and signed it myself.
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Just a quick update on this campaign. Liberal democrat MP, Richard Younger-Ross has tabled an Early Day Motion:
"That this House welcomes the Reheat Britain campaign for a boiler scrappage scheme that would support existing jobs for plumbers, builders and suppliers suffering during the recession as well as creating new green jobs and training places; notes that a household could save more than £200 a year in gas bills with a new boiler and that by replacing just some of the 4.5 million inefficient boilers, thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions could be saved every year as well as supporting British manufacturers; and calls on the Government to support this scheme."
Early Day motions don't always lead to any action but if more MP's support it, then it will gain more momentum.
You can contact your MP and ask him or her to support the motion (new EDM 2076 Boiler Scrappage Scheme), using this link:
WriteToThem.com
I've written to Graham Allen, my MP, using the link ... so I think it works!
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