The pattern partly reflects access to gas heating, with much of northern Scotland off the gas grid.
Crawford-Brown tallies up their electricity bill, auto mileage and natural gas heating bill.
And he called for all payments generally to be applied across the board not just to those almost exclusively in homes without mains gas heating.
And families cannot throw away more and more of their paychecks on gas and heating oil.
McCain-Palin should declare they'll make the dollar strong again--which will bring down prices, especially on gas and heating oil.
Andrew Riseley, the regulator's chief executive, said market studies in 2013 would be aimed at reviewing grocery, gas, heating oil and fuel prices.
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Allow early payment of Winter Fuel Allowance to pensioners whose homes are not connected to the mains grid, and instead use oil, liquid petroleum gas or propane gas for heating.
Tom Delare, economic counselor at the U.S. Embassy, says the massive subsidies that keep gas and heating oil at artificially low prices in Iraq also create a huge incentive for smugglers who simply take Iraqi gasoline or kerosene out of the country, bring it right back in, and sell it at much higher import prices.
Much of the avoided energy consumption will come from the switch to carbon-neutral district heating (rural households will switch from oil, natural gas, and electric heating to heat pumps and biomass burners).
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This can be done by heating the gas (a thermal plasma) or passing an electric current through it (a non-thermal plasma).
Many petrol stations are already hooked up to gas-lines for heating.
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In reducing dependence on coal and natural gas for power and heating, and petroleum for transportation, biofuels have proved to be much less promising than advertised.
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They talk of their desire to see better roads, schools where their daughters can get an education and a reliable supply of gas for cooking and heating.
During President Jimmy Carter's term, Tulis recalls, natural gas prices were inflated because the Administration predicted severe shortages and even mandated that gas be restricted to home heating and cooking.
Put the natural gas that you used to use heating your hot water into your vehicle.
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These molecules appear at the fringe of the cloud of gas whose gravitational collapse and subsequent heating signals the birth of a star.
Natural-gas boosters, unsurprisingly, support cars powered by compressed natural gas, noting that gas infrastructure (for stoves and heating) reaches millions of homes and businesses already.
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Crude oil accounts for a hefty 23% weighting, and along with gasoline, heating oil and natural gas, the energy complex totals nearly 40% of the entire index.
Depending on an applicant's needs, it will pay for things such as loft insulation, draught proofing, gas room heaters with thermostat controls, gas, electric or oil central heating.
One in six said the cost of prescriptions was the highest bill they faced, while one in seven said heating, electricity and gas bills were their most expensive cost.
Although electricity bills would fall, the price of gas (the most popular home-heating fuel) would rise.
Refining-capacity constraints will keep gas prices up at the pump and for heating oil.
In America, the energy index rose a whopping 3.8% in September as petrol, heating-oil and natural-gas prices all shot up.
Low gas prices have meant that the cost of heating schools and other government buildings, often itemised on local tax bills, is falling.
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But there is good reason to think that the market has not yet peaked: the northern hemisphere's winter is only now approaching, heating oil stocks are at extremely low levels on both sides of the Atlantic, and the price of natural gas (oil's chief rival for home heating) has lately gone through the roof.
Fall is when gas pipeline companies build up their stockpiles for the winter heating season.
Good thing, since natural gas inventories are expected to start this winter's heating season at the highest levels since 1990, according to the federal Energy Information Administration.
The proliferation of natural gas into the electricity market does nothing to reduce the correlation with heating and cooling requirements.
Households with oil-fired central heating, and those using solid fuel or liquid petroleum gas to heat their homes, are much more likely to be in fuel poverty than "on-grid" households.
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