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It would be best to read the Questions & Answers FAQ first; then this FAQ, and you can get more detailed information in the technical FAQ next.<\/div><\/header>
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Top 12<\/b> questions<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/h3>
Here are the questions you should know the answer to before you venture into energy or sustainability decisions. They may be helpful before reading further through our website.<\/div><\/header>
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What is the difference between going with a HONE solution versus a Heat Pump Solution?<\/div>
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The most significant difference is that the HONE solution is 100% renewable and makes free energy, whereas a heat pump is an electric heating system and consumes electricity.<\/p>\n

If you choose to use electric-powered heat pumps, this requires you to pay an electricity bill for heating and hot water each month (and regular electricity & EV charging, in due course, on your electric bills). (Note that recharging an electric car from empty can use up to 10 days worth of a homes standard electric power consumption before you even consider a heat-pump)<\/p>\n

You get very low or negative carbon results with a HONE Zero Emissions or PEB solution. Still, as all that energy is 100% free clean, renewable energy, you also get low annual running costs & clean air.<\/p>\n

A 120 sqm home built to current building regulations should have a heating bill of approx \u20ac75\/\u00a370 a year with a HONE system.<\/p>\n

You can also make your own free electric vehicle electricity instead of buying it.<\/p>\n

And this is why a home with a HONE solution can easily be an A1 Zero Emissions home, a Net Zero home or even a PEB home. All are certified by the European Commission Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and hence by all EU Governments (UK by the Governments Standard Assessment Procedure SAP).<\/p>\n

Don’t forget the best energy rated home in Europe and Ireland, and probably the world is powered by HONE Thermal\/Electric Technology and is a 2006 retrofit home with a micro oil boiler.<\/p>\n

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Why are some Governments promoting Heat-Pumps & Electric Vehicles ?<\/div>
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You might be surprised to learn why your Government is switching you from fossil fuel to electric everything – it is because fossil fuel has to be removed by 2050 under the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n

After that, It’s primarily because of all the hidden taxation that governments will lose when you stop buying all this fossil fuel.<\/p>\n

Typical Government policy is to switch you to buying electricity, hoping to green it up with large scale renewables before it also attracts too much carbon taxes.<\/p>\n

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This will mean you still have to buy your energy, and that can be taxed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

By 2050, which is only 28 years from now, the planet will be fully weaned from carbon-based fuels, and it’s not a wish; it is the law worldwide.<\/p>\n

Have a look at your electricity grid emissions in real-time: https:\/\/www.electricitymap.org\/zone<\/a><\/p>\n

NOTE: Ireland has withdrawn supplying information to this portal since around the time of the grid alerts in Nov\/Dec 2021 for reasons unexplained.<\/p>\n

NOTE: To find out the emissions at your socket, you need to multiply the power generation emissions on the map above by the primary energy factor for your country. (UK – 1.501 & IE – 2.08)<\/p>\n

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Which is likely to happen to the price of electricity?<\/div>
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Jan 2022 Update: Due to high gas demand, electricity prices have doubled in recent months. It is unknown if or when this will ease as gas demand is part of the 2050 renewable energy strategy. Electricity is likely to get even more expensive.<\/p>\n

Look at the investments that are planned to go into moving all vehicles and buildings onto the electricity grid. You can only imagine that the price per kWh will continue to climb to repay those investments. There will be new announcements of electricity price increases each year, with wholesale rates expected to increase by 250% by 2040. Electricity prices of 45 euro cents to 70 euro cents per kWh is what you should be planning to avoid.<\/p>\n

Grids across the globe will need billions in grid upgrade investments, and users of the system will end up paying for this.<\/p>\n

Also, as carbon tax increases each year until 2050, this will add further costs on top of electricity prices.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands, for example, which is leading the EV and heat-pump push in Europe, has already seen its electricity prices increase by 19.6% from 2019 to 2020. (source – https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat)<\/p>\n

Your government is relying on you to keep purchasing your energy for transport, heating & power long into the future so they can raise taxation from you.<\/p>\n

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Graph courtesy of Energy Brainpool, link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Which fuels produce carbon at the point of use?<\/div>
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This varies from country to country, but the following is typical (list shows the lowest carbon to highest carbon generation)<\/p>\n