I blundered across this, and thought it QI:

What if?

I had to turn the power off at the transformer at the end of the street to get out of that site.

Peak Warming Man said:

I had to turn the power off at the transformer at the end of the street to get out of that site.

man, you suck at the internets

all the tea in China isn’t looking like such a good deal now

Arts said:

all the tea in China isn’t looking like such a good deal now

Just boiling water for tea over the course of a year uses the entire electricity output of the UK for 20 days? Amazing

Arts said:

all the tea in China isn’t looking like such a good deal now

So the Boston Tea Party really was a storm in a teacup.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

all the tea in China isn’t looking like such a good deal now

Just boiling water for tea over the course of a year uses the entire electricity output of the UK for 20 days? Amazing

Surprising how many people fill an electric kettle to the brim just to make two cups of tea.

i’m not surprised.

morrie said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

all the tea in China isn’t looking like such a good deal now

Just boiling water for tea over the course of a year uses the entire electricity output of the UK for 20 days? Amazing

Surprising how many people fill an electric kettle to the brim just to make two cups of tea.

I don’t think they took that into account. Assuming on average people boil twice as much water as they need, that would be 40 days UK electricity.

OTOH, if they used waste heat from a nearby power station they could do it without disrupting power supplies at all.

The Rev Dodgson said:

morrie said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just boiling water for tea over the course of a year uses the entire electricity output of the UK for 20 days? Amazing

Surprising how many people fill an electric kettle to the brim just to make two cups of tea.

I don’t think they took that into account. Assuming on average people boil twice as much water as they need, that would be 40 days UK electricity.

OTOH, if they used waste heat from a nearby power station they could do it without disrupting power supplies at all.

Maybe not unless the tea was made on a flow through system. Otherwise heat losses would prevent the water ever coming to the boil.

The Rev Dodgson said:

morrie said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just boiling water for tea over the course of a year uses the entire electricity output of the UK for 20 days? Amazing

Surprising how many people fill an electric kettle to the brim just to make two cups of tea.

I don’t think they took that into account. Assuming on average people boil twice as much water as they need, that would be 40 days UK electricity.

OTOH, if they used waste heat from a nearby power station they could do it without disrupting power supplies at all.

And the morning walk down to the power station would get the blood circulating and reduce obesity.

morrie said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

morrie said:

Surprising how many people fill an electric kettle to the brim just to make two cups of tea.

I don’t think they took that into account. Assuming on average people boil twice as much water as they need, that would be 40 days UK electricity.

OTOH, if they used waste heat from a nearby power station they could do it without disrupting power supplies at all.

And the morning walk down to the power station would get the blood circulating and reduce obesity.

And certainly give your sinuses a good working out if Hazlewood was the closest power station.

What If… TRD had never shown us this website?

A: I wouldn’t still be here reading through the pages..

don’t know whether to thank or throttle him.

Also see the What If? threads on the xkcd forum.

Just boiling water for tea over the course of a year uses the entire electricity output of the UK for 20 days? Amazing
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Just googling the veracity of the claim equals one boiling cuppa.

Fortunately I am the only one one the Intranet…

Arts said:

What If… TRD had never shown us this website?

A: I wouldn’t still be here reading through the pages..

Aww, shucks

Arts said:

don’t know whether to thank or throttle him.

Throttling is probably the more appropriate, as long as its virtual.