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Huge Electrical Load Increase due to Gas Mains' Failure.

Just look at that pile of new electrical fan heaters.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7745187/Thousands-Scotland-left-without-gas-days-mass-mains-failure.html


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  • and if the acidic comments beneath are anything to go by the readership of the article are not exactly technically literate or sympathetic.


    It is a sobering reminder however, how dependant we have become on north sea gas over the last 50 years or so,and how ill-prepared we are right now for it's inevitable phase-out in coming decades.

    Houses are built  having no other means of heating, so the option to huddle round the fireplace is no longer there, and not really well enough lagged to work well without it.
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  • and if the acidic comments beneath are anything to go by the readership of the article are not exactly technically literate or sympathetic.


    It is a sobering reminder however, how dependant we have become on north sea gas over the last 50 years or so,and how ill-prepared we are right now for it's inevitable phase-out in coming decades.

    Houses are built  having no other means of heating, so the option to huddle round the fireplace is no longer there, and not really well enough lagged to work well without it.
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