The government is considering forcing people to insulate their homes, and fit renewable energy when they build extensions in order to reach its target of producing 15% of all primary energy from renewables by 2020.

It is also considering phasing out all high carbon appliances, such as oil-fired central heating boilers, and making councils collect and separate waste food from households and businesses to make biogas.

"Most dramatically, government could regulate to achieve a gradual phase-out of relatively high carbon heating technologies," says the government's renewables strategy document.

Other options being considered include the banning of all wood and food from landfill sites. ... Read full article