Update

Following on from my last post, this mentions the number of fuel poor households is now at 5.4million. It's worth noting that the figure varies depending on whether it's households or people, or in the UK or England (because I thought I overheard on the news in the last few days, that a 4 million figure was just reached).

Either way it's a huge number, and arguably it's under-reporting. During her visit to give us a few lectures, Brenda Boardman said that the EU considers around a 7% target, but that even those spending 3 or 4% are in fuel trouble (in the UK, fuel poor is defined as 10% spent on energy)


I've been a bit busy recently trying to fit in dissertations, the beach, and considering a phd but I shall eventually split my coal vs nuclear post into two as otherwise it will be huge and never get finished.