On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:38:57 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Usually for
making tea or instant coffee


3kW to make tea or coffee?

Bwuahahahahahahaha!

Talk about waste. Ol' Gore would be over for a party to join you, if
you let him have a news broadcast of how much electric gets wasted in UK
kitchens, he'll fly over (wasting fuel) and have tea with you (wasting
power).