Rosie, All houses could be heated with electricity and heat source pumps and all sorts or pellets but how do you propose to convince someone with a Guernsey cottage/ farmhouse using oil heating for their radiators to change their entire heating system at their cost? We should do like the UK ( I don't normally say that!) and have EPC energy performance certificates. When you sell your house you must have an EPC , it is graded A-G, A being the most efficient. In Scotland, you have to display this certificate next to the meter. It's not foolproof but it's better than nothing. I bet there are plenty of drafty old cottages all over the place so your suggestion to insulate is definately worthwhile along with other measures. The other way is go round with an infrared camera and find the most poorly energy efficient house and put it on the web or sell the data, that might get a homeowners to think about the consequences of using heating oil and save them some bucks too.
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