‘Outraged and furious’: Germans rebel against gas boiler ban

Frank Krusche says he is not against heat pumps in principle. It is just that to install one he would have to knock down his house and build a new one.

“They only work in low-energy houses — and mine isn’t,” said Krusche, an engineer from eastern Berlin. “To make it truly energy efficient, you’d have to rebuild the whole shell, including the roof.”