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Patio heaters have become widespread following the ban on smoking in pubs Patio heater ownership - ranked by region A new campaign has been launched to halt the spread of environmentally-damaging patio heaters.
The heaters - an increasingly familiar sight outside pubs and at family barbecues - have become a hate figure for green groups. They say the heaters, which can cost as little as £75, only heat the sky and could be responsible for as much as 1m tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. But in a new survey the Energy Saving Trust (EST) claim the gas and electric powered heaters are growing in popularity and ownership is set to almost double from 1.2 million to 2.3 million. It is estimated that larger commercial heate