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Our well-insulated four- bedroom house uses LPG for central heating as well as water-heating and cooking. The thermostat is set at 18C to heat two public rooms only when necessary, with a coal fire on winter evenings. The controls are set at minimum in the rest of the house.
In the year to October 2004, we used 4,500 litres at a cost of £1,260 (28p/litre), while for 2012 we have cut consumption to 3,600 litres costing £2,535 (70p/litre). Although we are pensioners, we are fortunate in being able to afford to pay this. But what percentage of the rural population will be in fuel poverty this winter?
Bob Peden
Causewayend Crescent
Aberchirder, Aberdeenshire