'Gas boilers are skating on thin ice': Study makes case for heat pumps at Santa's toy workshop

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Festive research from Nesta calculates Father Christmas could slash his energy use by 78 per cent by ditching fossil gas boilers for heat pumps at his Lapland toy factory

Should Santa ditch his fossil gas boiler for heat pumps in order to keep his vast Lapland toy workshop warm? Well, it could certainly save him a great deal on his energy bills, as well as slashing greenhouse...

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