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Pete C.

wrote:
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> Cshenk > wrote:
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> > "Tracy" wrote
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> > > Curious how much is costs to boil water on the gas stove versus boiling in
> > > an electric kettle?
>
> > About the same I think just to get it hot? It's the keeping it hot that
>
> With the kettle the heating element is usually immersed in the water
> so there isn't any, or very little, heat lost outside the kettle.
> Can't say the same for a gas stove. A lot of heat goes around the
> outside and off into the air. Then the price of gas vs. electric
> comes into play. It's probably pennies either way.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, Va.

It's pennies for sure. I once considered being "green" and line drying
my laundry (TX so warm enough a good portion of the year). I calculated
the cost to run a typical cycle in my electric dryer (runs a lot longer
and higher power than an electric kettle) and determined that a cycle
cost about $0.30 which killed that idea real quick. My time to hang and
retrieve laundry and shake bugs off is worth a lot more than $0.30.