>Heatpumps should absolutely be the primary choice in the correct climates. But these deals are rarely good or efficient for a taxpayer.

I'm amazed at the cynicism here. [thing] is objectively good, but it's still bad because government is involved and therefore corruption should be assumed? Even if we assume the government is corrupt by default, surely corruption that uses better technology is better than continuing to use the old technology? Otherwise we'd be continuing to burn coal because we wouldn't want the corrupt gas/solar companies to make money.

The right thinks everyone in government is inherently evil, and the left thinks everyone in management or above is inherently evil.

Lots of evil out there, apparently.

All that shouldn’t be necessary without all the anti-consumer regulations which distort the market and inflate prices.

On the other hand you have all the “socialist” countries in Northern Europe which are much more consumer and business friendly (at least in areas like this).