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“如果影响到自己的钱包,没人会拯救地球”:英国热泵安装商担忧拟议中的补贴削减‘No one saves the planet if it hits their pocket’: UK heat pump installers fear planned subsidy cuts

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“这会损害我们公司的利益,”沃特福德Sustain Homes的运营总监比尔·塔克说。‘It’s going to damage us as a company,’ said Bill Tuck, operations director at Sustain Homes in Watford.

锅炉升级计划为可持续替代方案提供最高9000英镑的补贴,预计将在预算中被大幅削减。

Boiler upgrade scheme, which provides grants of up to £9,000 for sustainable alternatives, expected to be slashed in budget When Bill Tuck first started installing air source heat pumps six years ago, other heating engineers were skeptical about whether the green technology would take off.

吉姆·莱西:“整个论点都不成立了。”Jim Lacey: ‘The whole argument’s gone.’

比尔·塔克六年前刚开始安装空气源热泵时,其他供暖工程师对这项绿色技术能否普及持怀疑态度。“现在,情况完全不同了,”他说。

“Now, the conversation is completely different,” he said.

亚当·基拉:“客户们说:这有什么意义?”Adam Killa: ‘Customers say: what’s the point?’

“他们来找我说:‘琼斯太太,我15年的老客户,她在咨询热泵的事。你能告诉我些什么?’整个说法都变了。”

“I’m getting approached by them saying: ‘Mrs Jones, my customer for 15 years, she’s enquiring about a heat pump. What can you tell me?’ The whole narrative has changed.”

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