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01/6/2008 at 3:47pm
Location: scotland
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fuel costs are a major issue in rural scotland. We have oil fired heating, cost has gone from 9p litre in 1998 to 63p litre today. ie increase in cost to £1500 per year, (and I am frugal (and cold!). we have multi fuel stove as well, neighbours use twice the oil we do. petrol costs hit us hard as well. Luckily we only need to travel to office couple of times a week, round trip 110 miles for hubby, 70 for me. very little work locally. My son takes bus 7 miles to work and pays 2.90 each way! Fuel costs are bigger than our mortgage, BUT we moved for location and cheaper house prices, so our mortgage is half what it would be in England.
It is interesting to hear that many people further south are also affected.
Major question - will increasing fuel prices force overall reduction in energy consumption?
Annie
ps have fun in orkney james, we are heading that way soon.
toddytent, we found prices in fife very high, further north or west cheaper.
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01/6/2008 at 4:04pm
Location: Selby
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Quote: Originally posted by anniemac on 01/6/2008
Major question - will increasing fuel prices force overall reduction in energy consumption?
Annie
I think it will for some, but others will still turn the thermostat up. I'm lucky we bought a new house last year so it is well insultated, but even I'm switching heating off earlier, following the OH around turning off lights etc. I have also managed to increase the average mpg on my car from approx 50 to 63 with careful driving. When you live in a rural location mpg can be crucial.
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01/6/2008 at 4:38pm
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well i started of down the road of commonsense sold my 20 year old vw camper which on a good day would return 18mpgand was costing £30.a week just to go to work and back, bought a 1.2 fiat with the intention to tow a trailer with the camping gear in.Then i decided to buy a dandy as the punto would tow this,we booked a weekend away at the end of march after which we went away every weekend,now the dandy is a joy to use but at 20 years old it needs tlc and erecting and folding every weekend didn't seem a good idea so we bought a caravan to leave in storage on the site and use there.
i think we did complete our objective though because we know have a car that can return 45-50mpg a dandy that it can tow for holidays away, a caravan we use most
weekends on a seasonal pitch on a site in the countryside with wildlife and a fishing pond only 9miles from home so we can even go on our electric bikes.
some people use camping to explore the country we live in, they will need to travel no matter what the cost, but if like me you live in a town and use camping to relax in the countryside remember that campsite 15 miles away could have the same type of field and wildlife as the one 150miles away.
mike
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they said it couldnt be done so i left it and went camping
a bad days camping is better than a good day at work
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