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It's the right attitude for people who can afford it.
Hopefully things like the Heat Geeks training programme and innovations like that smaller cylinder will make installs more cost efficient and more people can have that attitude.
Lots of people up and down the country would struggle to spend £3-10k on a HP install only for it to take 10 years to pay back.
Soul-
Yes, of course.
To be honest, as I mentioned earlier, I don't think it's a realistic expectation for everyone to have a heat pump in their home. There area economies of scale and lack of resources that just make it unfeasible to think there will be individual heat pumps in every home.
The practical and sensible solution here is that there will be district heating networks installed in communities which will be powered by centralised heat pump plant rooms and will provide heating on a metered supply.
It's already becoming quite common in Europe with lots of projects being rolled out at the moment and lots of Eastern European cities have had district heating networks for decades.
Honestly the best thing is to petition your local politicians and look out for any community action that can be taken to spur this on because it will be the answer to getting fossil fuels out of homes.
Nahguavkire
This is the right attitude, well done on the upgrades!