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crackhead, that's not necessarily true. in fact id hazzard a guess that poorer homes being less well insulated end up using more than homes intrinsically larger. also, think about it, you have to go to fairly lengthy extremes before you reach a range where there are significant differences in energy consumption at home. for example, a detatched house in britain would cover everything from single parents on minimum wage, to millionaire doctors. the post code may change, but the energy consumption? we all mostly use a washing machine, a boiler, a few tv's, a computer, etc etc. for the most part, it's a flat tax
A few TVs? Fucking hell. The way you talk sometimes it's like you're disadvantaged.
Single parents on minimum wage live in detached houses? WTF? Most council estates I know, you don't find detached houses. They're the exception in most developments. Where are you seeing this?
I grew up in a detached house. The most detached I've got since is the four-in-a-block I'm in.
Well off people tend to have rooms they don't use, just there very presence makes heating more expensive. A friend of mine is an accountant, he's married to a lawyer, they have two young kids. They could fit into a flat, they live in what was a B&B (I say B&B, it was a hotel, it's a converted Manse, has several huge reception rooms and six or seven large bedrooms). It's a listed building so there are some things they can't change to make it more efficient. Anyway he moans about the heating cost, £1000 a month or something over the winter, but he just pays it, he's minted. All his spare rooms are nice and warm.
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