All of the productivity gains and economic growth achieved in the last 150 years, he explained, come thanks to inventions that are behind us: electricity, the internal combustion engine, indoor plumbing and heating, electronics and computers.

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Instead of your heating system wasting energy and your money through constant and unnecessary use, your heating can be regulated and used far more sparingly with insulated internal and external walls.

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