Australia: Household energy use still soaring

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Last year the total amount of energy used by residential consumers grew by 3.9 per cent, above the long-term average rise of 2.5 per cent and the biggest jump in four years. The jump casts doubt on whether people are heeding the warnings about global warming and trying to curb their energy use.