"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:13:01 +0100, Peter Parry
wrote:

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:52:53 +0100, "IMM" wrote:


"Peter Parry" wrote in message
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Repeating something ad nauseum
does not make it true. Between 1968
and 1975 Gas was the most expensive
fuel

This is balls. Total balls. The reason gas took off was that it was
cheap to
run, far cheaper than electricity. Oil fluctuated with Arab wars and
embargos.

So you think the ONS have got it wrong? What is the source for your
assertion?

There is a PDF at

http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/inform/...nbrief2003.pdf

which confirms Peter's points. See pp20. The figures are
normalised at 1990 and go back to 1970 and forward to last year.

It doesn't say what the prices represent. KW, therms. What? One thing is
for certain in the 1960/70s gas heating was going in like wildfire. Those
who could not afford it fitted gas fires. If electric was so cheap gas fires
would not have been sold at all,as electric fires were cheaper than gas and
no fitting expense. Gas was cheaper to run, that is why it took off like a
rocket in the 1960s - High Speed Gas, remember that?



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