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Consumption

Volume 891: debated on Monday 5 May 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for Energy how much coal, oil, natural gas and electricity, respectively, were used by domestic consumers, and by industrial consumers, in the United Kingdom for the years 1972, 1973 and 1974, respectively.

This information, expressed on a thermal equivalent basis, is available in Table 3 of the April issue of "Energy Trends" published by my Department and available in the Library of the House. The figures, in original units of measurement, are as follows:Costs may be misleading. Some comparative costs of fuels at present are:

Industrial coal7–8½p therm
Domestic coal8½p therm
Fuel oil10p therm
Standard burning oil14½p therm
Paraffin20½p therm
Similarly wide ranges will exist in the efficiency of conversion of these fuels and of their utilization.