>> In the remote parts / islands there is no gas supply - electricity is too
>> expensive for heating - it's oil / calor gas heating or coal fires/boilers.
Media reports over the weekend highlighted a resurgence of peat burning in Ireland.
It will be interesting, when next visiting the Western Isles, to see whether the same trend is visible.
We've been going there for about 40 years and on of the very noticeable changes is the disappearance of peat stacks outside houses and lack of the smell of the smoke lingering around villages.
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