It has been announced that gas boilers, which heat 80% of homes currently, are to be phased out to be replaced by “hydrogen burning”
I do not know what this is.
It made me think about heating throughout my life.
I was born in 1937 and we had coal fires, the one in the kitchen was part of a range which also heated the oven, two trivets and the hot water.
When my H and I married in 1958 we also had a coal fire but soon replaced it with a Baxi fire which provided central heating and hot water but had to be allowed to go out every few days to empty the ash can.
Our next house had a large freestanding coke boiler which again provided central heating and hot water, it could be cleaned out from underneath while still lit but it was a dirty job and coke had to be brought in to keep it full, again not the cleanest of jobs.
We had that taken out and a gas boiler installed and that was bliss.
I have one hanging on a wall in the kitchen now, easily programmed for every eventuality, it is even possible to fire it up remotely by mobile phone although I do not have that option.
What changes have occurred in my lifetime.
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