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Default Energy consumption reduction opinions sought.

In article ,
PeterC writes:
On 04 Feb 2009 22:29:06 GMT, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
me here writes:
Bake taters in the microwave: uses 25% of
the enrgy (IIRC)


Remember to not eat the skins if you only microwaved them.


er, why, please?


There's a toxin in potato skins which is destroyed by cooking.
However, microwaving doesn't cook the skins well enough to do
so, so there's a risk you'll end up eating some.

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