Twitter Q&A with Greg Barker

Twitter Q&A with Greg Barker, Thursday 6 October 11.30am - 12.30pm

Climate Change and Energy Minister Greg Barker is taking part in TwitterUK's Question & Answer series,  answering your questions on rising energy prices and household energy bills.

We are taking questions in advance as well as during the session using the DECC (@deccgovuk) twitter account. The live session is on Thursday 6th October at 11.30am - 12.30pm.

Tweet us your questions using the hashtag #AskEnergy.

If you do not use Twitter but would like to ask a question then you can email decc.ecomms@decc.gsi.gov.uk by midnight on 5th October.

We will capture the answers and publish them on the DECC website following the session.

Here are questions that one member of the Eco House Group has emailed so far:

Given that the generation of small scale electricity by private homes is collectively a very inefficient method of generating energy, would more not be achieved by providing financial incentive to promote the significant use of insulation (eg. externally, particularly on the vast numbers of solid walled houses) to reduce the amount of energy needed in the first place and amending the planning system to enable this to be done, rather than blocking it?

Again, given the collective inefficiency of small scale generation and the relatively significant proportion of household energy consumption used on heating and hot water, would it not be more effective to provide highly efficient district heating systems, as have been pursued for many years in other major European countries?

Go for it - send in your questions to the Energy Minister!!