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wrote:
... Anyway, to my
surprise he said I can go ahead and turn on the hot water. I said
thanks, but the water and electric bill will skyrocket. He doubts the
electric would be that much higher (I disagree), ...

I agree with you. I recently calculated that heating water in my house
costs about 4 times as much as the water itself. That's for gas
heating, and for electric it should be even higher.

Mark

p.s. It's about $10.00/ccf to heat water, and $2.50/ccf for the water
itself.