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Bad weather turns UK into gas guzzler

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Centrica, which owns British Gas, says gas use in the first four months of 2013 was almost a fifth higher than last year because of the cold weather.
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But the cold weather and increased gas sales saved us from triple recession, so that's all right. ;)
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RenewableCandy wrote:
Centrica, which owns British Gas, says gas use in the first four months of 2013 was almost a fifth higher than last year because of the cold weather.
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"We will use that cold weather benefit to effectively hold prices as long as possible."
hmm... We'll see.
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Tarrel wrote:
RenewableCandy wrote:
Centrica, which owns British Gas, says gas use in the first four months of 2013 was almost a fifth higher than last year because of the cold weather.
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"We will use that cold weather benefit to effectively hold prices as long as possible."
hmm... We'll see.
Yep, unp until about the end of September. Then they'll be FORCED to put them up again by "the wholesale market".
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I've been wearing 2 jumpers, so it must be the rest of you.
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Me too. Thermals, jumpers, etc. Gas use only 1 or 2 cubic metres per week, i.e. cooking and showering. CH has been off for two months.
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Our house is full of southern softies. The irony being, I have the southernmost birthplace of all of us, and I'm not the bloody softy!
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Southern Softness is an attitude of mind. It has nothing to do with geographical location or place of origin! :)
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Kentucky Fried Panda wrote:I've been wearing 2 jumpers, so it must be the rest of you.
Guilty.

It got so unseasonably cold that the thermostat read 16degC. Even in the depths of Winter I'd have turned the heating on if the house got that cold.
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