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Hob-top kettle saves 70% CO2 of electric |
10 May 2008 |
| Two-part tip: part 1 - heat only the amount of water you are going to use: one mug/cupful, or exact multiples of same as appropriate; Part 2: if you have mains gas, consider switching to a hob-top kettle: the gas you use less than a third of the CO2 needed to generate the electricity needed to boil your measured amount, due to system losses (45%) and line losses (~15%), so your hob kettle creates around one third as much carbon dioxide as the electric one, by my calculations. Emissionary. |
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Calculations? |
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Greetings,
I'm into all things sustainable, and I switched to using a gas kettle about 18 months ago. But I haven't done the numbers myself.
Can someone post the calculations on this? My colleagues at work do not believe me! Can we compare a full electric kettle (2l) with a single mug by electric (which may be less than the minimum to cover the element!) with the same two volumes by gas?
Thanks!
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RE: Calculations? |
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Hi there,
I didn't add that tip, but found this page a while ago:
http://web.mac.com/michaeldep/Protons/Protons_for_Breakfast_Blog/Entries/2008/1/1_Which_kettle_to_choose:__Gas_or_Electric.html
Hope that adds something to the discussion!
Thanks!
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