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Cost of Heating and Electricity to Climb Over GBP1,000

Centrica, owner of British Gas, estimates that the average cost of heating and electricity will top £1,000 within the next 3-4 years. Ever increasing cost of oil will push the average cost of energy from around £600 per annum to above £1,000. A recent report conducted by Centrica into the link between oil prices and cost of heating and cooking gas for domestic use found a strong relationship between the two. This comes against a background of dwindling oil and gas output from North Sea, making the UK more dependent on oil and gas import.The UK has to compete with other European countries for gas piped from Russia or bid for tanker loads of liquefied natural gas on international markets where prices are highly correlated with the price of oil. Until as recent as 2004 the UK was self sufficient for its gas and oil needs. The picture has changed dramatically since then and by 2010 around 50% of the gas will have to be imported.With oil prices setting new records almost o ...
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Carbon Monoxide Data Gathering Needs Changing, CORGI

Corgi, the UKs gas safety watchdog is calling for an introduction of a coherent system of gathering and reporting data on carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, as several reports show conflicting results on injuries and fatalities due to CO poisoning (caused from faulty boilers, faulty gas cookers etc.).The most recent report by Corgi is covering the most dangerous areas in the UK for cases of OC poisoning for the period April 1 2007 to March 31 2008. The report was compiled from media coverage during that period together with investigation data from Corgis incident investigation team. The report shows 52 incidents of CO poisoning which lead to 21 deaths and 125 injuries.However, the analysis gets more interesting when population levels are considered. In such case, London, Yorkshire, Wales and the Midlands take the top spots for CO poisoning incidents.Corgi say that the statistics were collated in a way that proved the lack of a central and official reporting system on all CO incidents in t ...
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