{"id":310404,"date":"2024-03-19T21:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=310404"},"modified":"2024-03-19T21:39:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:39:40","slug":"ministers-overestimated-public-enthusiasm-for-heat-pumps-nao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=310404","title":{"rendered":"Ministers Overestimated Public Enthusiasm For Heat\u00a0Pumps\u2013NAO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How may years has it taken to work this out?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From The Telegraph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The role of the NAO is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To examine and report on the value for money of how public money has been spent. \u200b<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surely then they should be advising the government to immediately cancel these \u00a37500 subsidies, as they are having no overall effect, in terms of hitting the targets. Nor can they can in any way be justified as a proper use of taxpayers\u2019 money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And instead of wittering on about raising public awareness, why don\u2019t they face up to the reality that the public have no interest at all in heat pumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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