does London even HAVE snowplows? Or snow shovels?
Probably not. London doesn't get proper snow very often. Last time that there was enough to stick there was in 2002 and then people were saying that they couldn't remember the time before.
The silly thing is, that the roads are fine out here (once one has slithered down the lane to the main road). The gritters have to go out regularly through the winter and this is no worse for us than the snow we had a month ago. I think even my main line train is running, but as it shares tracks with the Tube, we're scuppered. That's what annoys me. I've got a train, but no tracks or signals!
Eru, I can't remember what we pay per unit for our gas and electric, but for our two bed cottage (with rubbish insulation and noone next door) we spend about £30 per month on each at the moment. That's with being out all day of course, but we do tumble dry a lot and run the heating generously when we're in.