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@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ Notes (mostly to self):
 
 Issues:
 * <fuel>cons<year>valid variable has undefined labels: G, L, M = ?  
-** 0 = off gas/elec ? 
-** V = valid reading (gas range 0 - 50,000; elec range = 100 - 25,000)
-** L = large (> 50k or 25k depending?)
-** M = missing? But G?
+ * 0 = off gas/elec ? 
+ * V = valid reading (gas range 0 - 50,000; elec range = 100 - 25,000)
+ * L = large (> 50k or 25k depending?)
+ * M = missing? But G?
 * ideally DECC should set missing to -99 to aid re-coding and avoid unpleasant surprises in naive analysis!