Richard wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 24/08/14 15:02, Broadback wrote:

The idea is to reduce energy use,

No. The idea is to make all current vacuum cleaners obsolete and
unsalable and ensure that Bosch who are almost certainly behind the
lobby can outsell better Chinese and Japanese vacuums.

You mean Bosch already sell more efficient cleaners?

Dunno. But their styline kettle, though not cheap, works for me.
http://www.bosch-home.co.uk/our-prod...TWK8633GB.html

Had my doubts at first - daughter wanted it after previous kettle had
died. Her purchasing decisions based on fashion and backed by mother
Lowering target temperature for certain drinks saves time and energy.
The stay warm feature also is handy.

IMO totally unnecessary complication. If the cup is thick walled, the
lower temperature gives a cold drink. Experience with a sink mounted
heater showed it was wasting energy as it was necessary to fill up the
mug with hot water, then throw it away to get the drink hot enough to be
able to add milk without the drink becoming too cold and having a table
life of less than 10 minutes. Staying warm is the same as TV standby but
worse, it wastes energy.