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Gas VS Electricity

Kurt911
Kurt911 Posts: 1 Newbie
in Energy
Can anyone tell me the answer to this....
is it cheaper to boil an electric kettle or an old fashioned whistling one on a gas stove if
gas is 6.53p per KWh
electric 22.19p per KWh

ie is electric so efficient its cheaper or is the gas as good
Ta

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  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
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    Welcome to the forum.

    Firstly you have given the tier 1 prices for gas and electricity(only the first few kWh are charged at that price) a more representative price is arround 3.5p gas and 10p electricity.

    This question has been posed many times on MSE. Whilst gas would appear to be cheaper, there will be a lot more heat lost in warming the stove.

    That said we are really talking in small fractions of a penny in the difference to boil a kettle.
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